Poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma with transarterial chemoembolization pre-transplantation: Retrospective analysis

Table 3 Postoperative pathological data for the two groups of patients

Variables and stratification	TACE (n = 88)	No TACE (n = 116)	χ2	P value
Tumor size			6.569	0.037a
Within Milan criteria	38	70
Within UCSF criteria	22	24
Beyond UCSF criteria	28	22
Vascular invasion			12.138	< 0.001a
No	48	90
Yes	40	26
Tumor Edmondson grade			2.521	0.112
Well-moderate	57	87
Moderate-poor	31	29
Number of tumors			15.632	< 0.001a
Solitary	38	82
Multiple	50	34

^aP < 0.05, TACE vs no TACE. TACE: Transarterial chemoembolization.