Advances in non-surgical management of primary liver cancer

Table 2 Okuda staging system¹

Criteria	Positive	Negative
Tumor size2	> 50%	< 50%
Ascites	Clinically detectable	Clinically absent
Albumin	< 3 mg/dL	> 3 mg/dL
Bilirubin	> 3 mg/dL	< 3 mg/dL

¹Stage 1: No positive criteria; Stage 2: 1-2 positive criteria; Stage 3: 3-4 positive criteria;

²Measured from the largest cross-sectional area of tumor to the largest cross-sectional area of the liver.