Clinical short-term results of radiofrequency ablation in liver cancers

Table 1 Characteristics of 36 patients treated with radiofrequence ablation

Characteristics	HCC	CLM	OLM
No. of patients	21	12	3
No. of nodules	28	17	3
Mean age	45.9 (35-70)	52.3 (41-74)	50.6 (48-54)
Male/Famale	15/6	9/3	0/3
Child-Pugh cirrhosis
Class A	11	11	3
Class B	10	1	0
Class C	0	0	0
Positive HBsAg	10	4	1
Positive Antibody against Hepatitis C	2	1	0
Positive HBsAg and Hepatitis C	6	0	0
Lesion size
< 3.0 cm	15	10	2
> 3.0 cm and < 5.0 cm	8	4	1
> 5.0 cm	5	3	0
Serum AFP > 200 μg/L	20	1	0
Serum CEA > 20 μg/L	1	12	0

HCC = Hepatocellular carcinoma, CLM = Colorectal cancer liver metastases, OLM = Other malignancies liver metastases, AFP = α - fetoprotein, CEA = carcinoembryonic antigen