Clinical Study

Serum SALL4 Is a Novel Prognosis Biomarker with Tumor Recurrence and Poor Survival of Patients in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinicopathologic characteristics of HCC patients.

Age (y)
 Mean ± SD
Sex %
 Male86.8 ( )
 Female13.2 ( )
Tumor focality %
 Solitary89.5 ( )
 Multiple10.5 ( )
Tumor size (cm)
 Mean ± SD
Histologic grade %
 Well differentiated7.9 ( )
 Moderately differentiated71.1 ( )
 Poor differentiated21 ( )
Nodal metastasis
 Present15.8 ( )
 Absent84.2 ( )
Vascular invasion
 Present31.6 ( )
 Absent68.4 ( )
Clinical T stage %
 T121.1 ( )
 T221.1 ( )
 T339.5 ( )
 T418.3 ( )