TABLE 1.

Clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients in relapse and long-term RFS groups before and after PSM.

Clinicopathological index		Before PSM			After PSM
		Relapse	Long-term RFS	P	Relapse	Long-term RFS	P
		(n = 131)	(n = 39)		(n = 78)	(n = 39)
Age (year)	<60	65	21	0.779	42	21	1.000
	≥60	66	18		36	18
Sex	Female	40	16	0.303	28	16	0.736
	Male	91	23		50	23
Alcohol consumption	No	83	29	0.420	51	29	0.627
	Yes	40	9		23	9
	NA	8	1		4	1
Viral hepatitis	Negative	69	27	0.316	48	27	0.774
	HBV	23	5		15	5
	HCV	4	1		4	1
	HBV + HCV	35	6		11	6
Liver cirrhosis	No	54	20	0.197	39	20	0.871
	Yes	35	6		15	6
	NA	42	13		24	13
Vascular invasion	No	66	26	0.224	47	26	0.812
	Yes	40	9		20	9
	NA	25	4		11	4
Tumor grade	G1	14	7	0.508	12	7	0.897
	G2	59	17		39	17
	G3	53	13		24	13
	G4	4	2		3	2
	NA	1	0		0	0
TNM stage	I	53	27	0.005	47	27	0.625
	II	35	7		17	7
	III	43	5		14	5
Path_T	T1	54	27	0.020	47	27	0.718
	T2	35	7		17	7
	T3	38	5		14	5
	T4	4	0		0	0
Path_N	N0	102	32	0.786	62	32	0.810
	N1	2	0		0	0
	NX	27	7		16	7
Path_M	M0	105	33	0.695	64	33	0.931
	MX	26	6		14	6