TABLE 1.
Clinical Characteristics of All Patients
| At Listing | SBRT (n = 40) | TACE (n = 59) | HIFU (n = 51) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 59.6 (36‐69) | 58.1 (42‐69) | 59.5 (38‐68) | 0.617 |
| Sex, male, (n, %) | 26 (65.0) | 50 (84.7) | 41 (80.4) | 0.025 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1 (19.7‐41.9) | 25.0 (18.1‐44.3) | 24.0 (15.6‐34.1) | 0.144 |
| HBV (n, %) | 34 (85.0) | 45 (76.3) | 41 (80.4) | 0.287 |
| HCV (n, %) | 3 (7.5) | 8 (13.6) | 9 (17.6) | 0.462 |
| MELD at listing | 13 (11‐15) | 10 (9‐12) | 12 (10‐16) | <0.001 |
| Child‐Turcotte‐Pugh (n, %) | 0.001 | |||
| Child A | 21 (52.5) | 36 (61.0) | 17 (33.3) | |
| Child B | 19 (47.5) | 21 (35.6) | 22 (43.1) | |
| Radiological tumor number (n, %) | 0.136 | |||
| 1 | 28 (70.0) | 33 (55.9) | 40 (78.4) | |
| 2 | 8 (20.0) | 19 (32.2) | 9 (17.6) | |
| 3 | 4 (10.0) | 7 (11.9) | 2 (3.9) | |
| Radiological tumor size (cm) | 2.8 (1.1‐5.7) | 2.2 (0.8‐6.3) | 2.6 (0.7‐5.1) | 0.072 |
| Radiological within Milan (n, %) | 33 (82.5) | 52 (88.1) | 48 (94.1) | 0.491 |
| AFP at listing (ng/mL) | 9.5 (2‐11,772) | 19.0 (2‐7,320) | 15.0 (1‐159,370) | 0.405 |
| AFP at listing (n, %) | 0.141 | |||
| <200 ng/mL | 34 (85.0) | 43 (72.9) | 41 (80.4) | |
| ≥200 ng/mL | 6 (15.0) | 16 (27.1) | 10 (19.6) |
Variables were presented as median (range) or number (percentage).
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.