Table 4 Distribution of the patients studied according to treatments at baseline in each BCLC grade.

From: ALBI-sarcopenia score as a predictor of treatment outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma

Treatment at

baseline

Total

(n = 262)

BCLCA

(n = 74)

BCLCB

(n = 142)

BCLCC

(n = 46)

RFA

40 (15.3%)

28 (37.8%)

12 (8.5%)

0 (0.0%)

PEI

15 (5.7%)

4 (5.4%)

11 (7.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Microwave

24 (9.2%)

17 (23.0%)

7 (4.9%)

0 (0.0%)

TACE

108 (41.2%)

10 (13.5%)

98 (69.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Resection

15 (5.7%)

15 (20.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

BSC

15 (5.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

15 (32.6%)

Sorafenib

31 (11.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

31 (67.4%)

Sorafenib combined

1 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Combined intervention

13 (5%)

0 (0%)

13 (9.2%)

0 (0%)

  1. BSC: best supportive care, TACE: trans-arterial chemoembolization, RFA: radiofrequency ablation, PEI: percutaneous ethanol injection.