Research Article
Refusal of Cancer-Directed Surgery Strongly Impairs Survival of Patients with Localized Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with localized HCC. CDS: cancer-directed surgery.
| | Group | CDS candidates | NonCDS candidates | | | |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | | | <.001 | | Age group | | | <.001 | | <60 | 1924 (44.0%) | 1466 (33.5%) | | | ≥60 | 2449 (56.0%) | 2906 (66.5%) | | | Gender | | | .59 | | Male | 3137 (71.7%) | 3174 (72.6%) | | | Female | 1236 (28.3%) | 1198 (27.4%) | | | Race | | | .74 | | White | 2786 (63.7%) | 2746 (62.8%) | | | Black | 454 (10.4%) | 493 (11.3%) | | | Asian | 1050 (24.0%) | 1072 (24.5%) | | | American Indian | 62 (1.4%) | 43 (1.0%) | | | Unknown | 21 (0.5%) | 18 (0.4%) | | | Marital status | | | .001 | | Married | 2715 (62.1%) | 2400 (54.9%) | | | Divorced | 406 (9.3%) | 456 (10.4%) | | | Separated | 44 (1.0%) | 54 (1.2%) | | | Single | 581(9.8%) | 678 (15.5%) | | | Windowed | 473 (10.8%) | 653 (14.9%) | | | Unknown | 154 (3.5%) | 131 (3.0%) | | | Grade | | | <.001 | | Well differentiated | 1043 (23.9%) | 617 (14.1%) | | | Moderately differentiated | 1025 (23.4%) | 428 (9.8%) | | | Poorly differentiated | 378 (8.6%) | 323 (7.4%) | | | Undifferentiated | 50 (1.1%) | 37 (0.8%) | | | Unknown | 1877 (42.9%) | 2967 (39.1%) | | | Tumor size | | | .01 | | <5 cm | 206 (4.7%) | 236 (5.4%) | | | ≥5 cm | 383 (8.8%) | 315 (7.2%) | | | Unknown | 3784 (86.5%) | 3821 (87.4%) | | | Year of diagnosis | | | .46 | | 1985–1994 | 663 (15.2%) | 638 (14.6%) | | | 1995–2004 | 3710 (84.8%) | 3734 (85.4%) | |
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