Table 1 Patients baseline characteristics.

From: Microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma as first-line treatment: long term outcomes and prognostic factors in 221 patients

Clinicopathologic features

Clinicopathologic features

Age, years

median (range)

58(26–83)

Albumin, g/L

median (range)

40.1 (25.2–51.3)

<60/≥60

122/99

>35 vs ≤35

182/39

Gender

male/female

178/43

ALT, U/L

median (range)

31 (7–1210)

Etiology

HBV/HCV/others

181/1/39

≤40/>40

143/78

Child score

A/B

193/28

AST, U/L

median (range)

34 (13–743)

Cirrhosis

absent/present

182/39

≤40/>40

139/82

Tumor number

1/2/3

150/49/22

ALK, U/L

median (range)

102 (48–746)

Tumor size, cm

median (range)

4(1–10)

≤110/>110

125/96

≤3/3–5/>5

78/88/55

GGT, U/L

median (range)

69.25 (8.7–1395.3)

Tumor location

non-risk/risk areas*

129/92

≤50/>50

83/138

AFP, ng/ml

median (range)

23.4(1–50000)

Tbil, μmol/L

median (range)

15.9 (2.4–97.9)

≤20/20–400/>400

105/62/54

≤25/>25

174/47

PT, sec

median (range)

12(9.1–20.2)

Creatine, μmol/L

median (range)

63 (22.3–144.1)

≤14/>14

199/22

≤110 vs >110

217/4

INR

median (range)

1.02(0.82–1.67)

CLIP

0/1/2/3

104/86/25/6

<1.3/≥1.3

214/7

BCLC

0/A/B

16/117/88

Platelets count, 109/L

median (range)

107 (42–432)

  

>100/≤100

117/104

   
  1. HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; INR: international normalized ratio; AFP: alpha fetal protein; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; PT: prothrombin time; ALK: alkaline phosphatase; TBil: total bilirubin; CLIP: Cancer of the Liver Italian Program; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.
  2. *Tumors in risk areas refer to those located within 5 mm of diaphragmatic dome, big vessels or cavity viscera, excluding those protruding from liver surface, contacting or adhering to diaphragm, abdominal viscera or big vessels.