Table 1

Patient characteristics

Characteristics (n = 44)

Patients

Male/female, n (%)
37/7 (84/16)
Median age, years (range)
69 (41–80)
Median weight, kg (range)
74 (58–123)

Origin of liver disease, n (%)

Alcohol abuse
20 (46)
HBV/HCV
8 (18)
NASH
5 (11)
Cryptogenic
11 (25)

Tumor stage, n (%)

Liver cirrhosis
37 (84)
Child classification A/B/C
23/9/5 (52/21/11)
Okuda stage I/II/III
13/28/3 (29/64/7)
CLIP 0/1–3/4–6
2/35/7 (5/79/16)

α-FP (ng/ml), n (%)

< 400
29 (66)
400- 10000
8 (18)
> 10000
7 (16)

Tumor characteristics, n (%)

Ascites
13 (30)
Portal vein thrombosis
14 (32)
Multifocal tumor manifestation
38 (86)
Extrahepatic metastases
9 (21)

Previous treatment, n (%)

(combination possible)

Surgery
4 (9)
Radiofrequency ablation
5 (11)
Transarterial chemoembolisation
17 (39)
Systemic chemotherapy
4 (9)

Dollinger et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:72   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-72