TABLE 1

Baseline HCC Patient Characteristics

Parametern (%)
Demographics
 Number of patients23 (100)
 Age (y), mean ± SD62.39 ± 8.62
 Male/female18 (78.26)/5 (21.74)
 Ethnicity
  Caucasian18 (78.26)
  Asian1 (4.35)
  African-American4 (17.39)
Disease characteristics
 Etiology of cirrhosis
  Viral hepatitis17 (73.91)
  Alcohol consumption4 (17.39)
  Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis2 (8.7)
 Eastern Cooperative Oncology  Group performance status
  011 (47.83)
  112 (52.17)
 Child–Pugh class
  A13 (56.52)
  B10 (43.48)
 Barcelona Clinic liver cancer  stage
  B10 (43.45)
  C13 (56.52)
 Main portal vein thrombosis5 (21.74)
 Extrahepatic disease3 (13.04)
Tumor characteristics, median (interquartile range, range)
 Number of tumors/liver6 (3.5–12, 1–54)
 Number of tumors/analyzed  lobe4 (2–5, 1–11)
 TTV (cm3)/analyzed lobe110.08 (79.82–225.58, 4.13–730.37)
 ETV (cm3)/analyzed lobe62.57 (7.47–112.8, 0–509.95)
 Tumor burden (%)/analyzed  lobe13.05 (5.12–28.78, 0.71–67.56)
 Enhancing tumor burden  (%)/analyzed lobe4.34 (0.83–12.41, 0–57.82)
Previous treatments
 Sorafenib5 (21.74)
 Resection*3 (13.04)
 TACE*11 (47.83)
 Ablation*5 (21.74)
 Other5 (21.74)
  • * Pretreated tumors are not included in the analysis.