Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics

From: Prognostic Significance of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients treated with Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy

Variable

 

n. (%) or median (range)

No. of patients

 

34 (100)

No. of tumors

 

45 (100)

Gender

male/female

29 (85.3)/5 (14.7)

Age, years

 

65 (41–85)

Viral hepatitis

HBV

17 (50.0)

HCV

6 (17.6)

both

2 (5.9)

none

9 (26.5)

Recurrent HCC

yes/no

25 (73.5)/9 (26.5)

Tumor size, cm*

 

3.9 (0.8–22)

Portal vein tumor thrombosis

present/absent

present/absent*

10 (29.4)/24 (70.6)

10 (22.2)/35 (77.8)

Extrahepatic spread

present/absent

6 (17.6)/28 (82.4)

ECOG performance status

0

15 (44.1)

1

15 (44.1)

2

4 (11.8)

AFP level, ng/ml

<200/≥200

24 (70.6)/10 (29.4)

CTP class

A/B

26 (76.5)/8 (23.5)

BCLC stage

A/B/C

9 (26.5)/3 (8.8)/22 (64.7)

Previous treatment

Surgery

9 (26.5)

RFA

8 (23.5)

TACE

16 (47.1)

SABR

3 (8.8)

Sorafenib

3 (8.8)

Naïve

9 (26.5)

SABR regimen*

  

total dose, Gy

 

45 (30–60)

fraction number

 

5 (4–6)

EQD2, Gy

 

71.3 (40–125)

  1. Abbreviation: HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV = hepatitis B virus; HCV = hepatitis C virus; ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; AFP = α-fetoprotein; CTP = Child-Turcotte-Pugh liver function scale; BCLC = Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; RFA = radiofrequency ablation; TACE = transarterial chemoembolization; SABR = stereotactic ablative radiotherapy; EQD2 = equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions.
  2. *The data is expressed at the lesion level.