Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of caudate lobe hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 5 Disease-free survival: univariate analysis of prognostic clinicopathologic factors

	3-yr survival (%)	5-yr survival (%)	P-value
Age (yr)
≤ 62	46.7	21.7	0.76
> 62	38.2	31.4
Gender
Male	49.4	26.4	0.43
Female	25.1	20.7
Cirrhosis
Yes	42.6	37.2	0.19
No	51.9	29.3
Serum AFP (ng/mL)
≤ 200	36.5	20.1	0.66
> 200	32.4	29.7
Tumor location
Spiegel lobe	50.5	34.4	0.07
Paracaval portion	36.9	20.6
Caudate process	41.0	26.2
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 5	40.6	23.0	0.69
> 5	44.0	26.4
Pringle maneuver
No	40.4	22.6	0.66
Yes	36.1	19.8
Surgical margin
Positive	42.6	22.8	0.08
Negative	55.2	30.7
Surgical treatment
Isolated caudate lobectomy	43.4	24.0	0.35
Extended hepatectomy	41.7	35.8
Histologic grading
Differentiated	42.1	24.2	0.42
Undifferentiated	33.9	28.7
Capsule
No	36.3	19.0	0.65
Yes	43.8	26.3
Vascular invasion
No	45.0	29.7	0.25
Yes	34.0	21.3
Daughter nodules
No	56.1	36.8	0.09
Yes	45.3	25.0