Table 4 Characteristics of patients with either PR and/or long-term survival in excess of 24 months

From: Treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with very low levels of amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields

Age at enrolment and sex

Race

Cause/ cirrhosis (Child– Pugh)

Previous treatment/ resection

AFP↑/ pathology confirmation

Extra hepatic metastasis/ portal thrombosis

BCLC

Okuda

CLIP

MELD

Progression before study entry/ response

Treatment duration/ overall survival (months)

Cause of death

Treatment received after completion of experimental therapy

62 M

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (A5)

Yes/no

Yes/yes

No/no

B

1

0

6

Yes/N/A

2.0/32.0

Tumour progressed

Systemic chemotherapy

67 F

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (B9)

Yes/no

Yes/yes

No/no

C

2

2

11

Yes/PR

11.7/11.7

GI bleed

None

30 M

Black

NOS/no

Yes/es

No/yes

No/no

B

N/A

N/A

N/A

No/PR

13.5/37.6

Tumour progressed

Chemoembolisation and systemic chemotherapy

61 M

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (A5)

Yes/no

No/no

No/no

C

1

1

6

Yes/SD

26.8/26.8

COPD

None

56 M

Caucasian

Hep B/C/yes (A5)

No/no

Yes/no

No/no

B

1

0

10

Yes/SD

4.9/50.3

Tumour progressed

Chemoembolisation

63 M

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (A5)

Yes/no

Yes/no

No/no

C

1

1

4

Yes/PR

4.9/14.3

Tumour progressed

None

76 F

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (A5)

No/no

No/no

No/yes

C

1

1

6

Yes/SD

44.6/44.6

Tumour progressed

None

76 F

Caucasian

Hep C/yes (A5)

No/yes

No/yes

Yes/yes

C

1

1

6

Yes/PR

+58.0/+58.0

On therapy

Still receiving experimental treatment

  1. Abbreviations: AFP=α-fetoprotein; BCLC=Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; CLIP=Cancer Liver Italian Programme; GI=gastrointestinal; MELD=Model for end-stage liver disease; N/A=not applicable; PR=partial response; SD=stable disease.