Table 1 Clinical factors related to actuarial overall survival of patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for early‐stage hepatocellular carcinoma.

From: Conditional survival after radiofrequency ablation for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma

Variables

Patient survival (%)

p

1-year OS

3-year OS

5-year OS

All patients

96.3%

72.3%

59.7%

 

Women

98.8%

75.2%

65.1%

0.212

Men

94.8%

70.7%

56.6%

 

BCLC stage 0

97.3%

78.9%

67.1%

0.024

BCLC stage A

95.7%

68.1%

55.0%

 

AFP < 20 ng/ml

96.7%

77.4%

65.1%

0.010

AFP 20 ng/ml

95.5%

64.1%

51.1%

 

MELD score9

97.8%

77.8%

67.0%

 < 0.001

MELD score > 9

94.1%

63.9%

48.0%

 

HBsAg negative

95.6%

69.8%

55.2%

0.074

HBsAg positive

97.3%

75.9%

66.2%

 

Anti-HCV negative

96.1%

72.5%

59.9%

0.735

Anti-HCV positive

96.5%

72.1%

59.6%

 

Age 65 years

95.9%

73.5%

63.3%

0.051

Age > 65 years

96.6%

70.9%

55.6%

 
  1. BCLC Barcelona clinic liver cancer, AFP α-Fetoprotein, MELD The model for end-stage liver disease, HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, HCV hepatitis C virus, OS overall survival.