Transarterial Embolization and Percutaneous Ethanol Injection as an Effective Bridge Therapy before Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Table 1
Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis for overall death.
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
value
Age, years, mean ± standard deviation
58.9 ± 7.4
0.86 (0.08–11.81)
0.91
Gender, female, (%)
17 (42.5)
1.73 (0.57–5.37)
0.33
Under Milan criteria, CT scan, (%)
36 (90)
1.19 (0.23–21.79)
0.86
Under Milan criteria, explant, (%)
22 (55)
1.43 (0.48–4.73)
0.53
Complete HCC necrosis, (%)
19 (47.5)
0.81 (0.26–2.44)
0.71
Single HCC tumor, CT scan, (%)
23 (57.5)
0.65 (0.21–1.95)
0.79
Single HCC tumor, explant, (%)
12 (30)
1.29 (0.35–3.98)
0.67
Vascular invasion, explant, (%)
9 (27.3)
0.54 (0.08–2.1)
0.40
Nuclear grade, undifferentiated, (%)
5 (18.5)
1.03 (0.15–4.4)
0.97
HCCs with complete necrosis were not evaluated for vascular invasion and for nuclear grade.
