Efficacy of different treatment strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 179 HCC patients with PVTT.

Clinical characteristics	Conservative treatment (n = 18)	Chemo-therapy (n = 53)	Surgical resection (n = 24)	Surgical resection with chemotherapy (n = 84)	P
Gender					0.522
Male	15	49	20	76
Female	3	4	4	8
Age (yr)					0.51
<45	8	28	9	45
≥45	10	25	15	39
Child-Pugh Class					0.731
A	12	39	18	66
B	6	14	6	18
Tumor location					0.351
Left lobe	3	6	5	22
Right lobe	10	33	13	51
Left and right lobe	4	13	6	9
Caudate lobe	1	1	0	2
Tumor size					0.43
<10 cm	6	25	13	45
≥10 cm	12	28	11	39
Tumor number					0.715
1	11	33	14	58
≥2	7	20	10	26
Tumor thrombus location					0.639
Left branch	3	7	4	18
Left branch extending	1	2	2	7
to main trunk
Right branch	6	23	12	41
Right branch extending	4	10	4	11
to main trunk
Left, right branch and main trunk	4	11	2	7