Research Article
Liver Segment Disposition of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Predicts Microvascular Invasion
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Characteristics | or , (%) |
| | Age at diagnosis, years | | | Gender | | | Male | 89 (74.2) | | Female | 31 (25.8) | | Race | | | White | 100 (83.3) | | Black | 6 (5.0) | | Asian | 8 (6.7) | | Other | 6 (5.0) | | Ethnicity | | | Hispanic | 5 (4.2) | | Non-Hispanic | 115 (95.8) | | Etiology | | | HCV | 70 (58.3) | | Alcohol | 15 (12.5) | | NAFLD | 11 (9.2) | | HBV | 5 (4.2) | | Alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency | 4 (3.3) | | Autoimmune conditions () | 10 (8.3) | | Cryptogenic | 5 (4.2) | | Mean number of HCCs | | | Mean number of segments affected by HCC | | | Segments | | | Single segment involved | 60 (50.0) | | Multi segments | 60 (50.0) | | Single lesion | 81 (67.5) | | Multifocal lesions | 39 (32.5) | | Single lesion/single segment | 48 (59.3) | | Single lesion/multi segments | 33 (40.7) | | Segment 1 | 1 (0.8) | | Segment 2 | 17 (14.2) | | Segment 3 | 19 (15.8) | | Segment 4a | 19 (15.8) | | Segment 4b | 14 (11.7) | | Segment 5 | 29 (24.2) | | Segment 6 | 39 (32.5) | | Segment 7 | 42 (35.0) | | Segment 8 | 43 (35.8) | | HCC size, cm | | | AFP | | | Survival time, months | | | Microvascular invasion | 28 (23.3) | | Recurrence | 14 (14.0) |
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( ) Autoimmune conditions: autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; AFP: alpha fetoprotein; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HBV: hepatitis B virus; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; SD: standard deviation; : number of cases. |
