Radiographic Parameters in Predicting Outcome of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization

Table 5

Multivariate analysis of pretreatment computed tomography characteristics and progression-free survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with selective internal radiotherapy with Yttrium-90 microspheres*.

Computed tomography characteristic	Hazard ratio; (95% confidence interval)	𝑃
Hepatopulmonary shunt fraction	0.28 (0.09 to 0.85)	0.02
Central hypervascularity pattern	0.13 (0.02 to 0.69)	0.006
Well-defined margins	0.37 (0.13 to 1.0)	0.04
Abutment of portal vein	10.1 (1.78 to 57.50)	0.002

^∗𝑁=23 patients.