TABLE 1

Baseline Characteristics of Treated Patients (n = 38)

CharacteristicValue
Age (y)66 (41–84)
Sex
 Male22 (58%)
 Female16 (42%)
World Health Organization performance  status
 032 (84%)
 15 (13%)
 21 (3%)
Primary malignancy
 Colorectal23 (61%)
 Breast4 (11%)
 Cholangiocarcinoma4 (11%)
 Neuroendocrine tumor2 (5%)
 Uveal melanoma2 (5%)
 Pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer,  or thymoma3 (8%)
Time since diagnosis (mo)28 (4–95)
Occurrence of liver metastases
 Synchronous19 (50%)
 Metachronous19 (50%)
Time since liver metastases (mo)18 (3–92)
Extrahepatic disease on 18F-FDG  PET/CT
 Lung8/10 (80%)
 Lymph node4/10 (40%)
 Skeletal2/10 (20%)
 Liver mass (kg)2.0 (1.2–4.0)
Tumor load on contrast-enhanced CT
 0%–25%30 (79%)
 25%–50%6 (16%)
 >50%2 (5%)
  • Qualitative data are expressed as numbers followed by percentages in parentheses; continuous data are expressed as median followed by range in parentheses.