Comparison of stereotactic body radiotherapy following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization vs transcatheter arterial chemoembolization alone in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Patients and disease characteristics of the studied groups

		Group A		Group B		P value
		mean ± SD/n	Range/%	mean ± SD/n	Range/%
Age in years		60.1 ± 8.0	50-85	60.3 ± 7.9	48-75	0.410
Gender	Male	36	75	32	80	0.823
	Female	12	25	8	20
ECOG performance status	1	28	58.30	24	60	0.867
	2	20	41.70	16	40
Hypertension	No	36	75	34	85	0.335
	Yes	12	25	6	15
Diabetes	No	34	70.8	30	75	0.276
	Yes	14	29.2	10	25
Hepatitis C virus	No	8	16.7	12	30	0.392
	Yes	40	83.30	28	70
CHILD status	A	48	100	40	40	0.956
Extent of disease	Bilobar	20	41.7	32	80	0.712
	Unilobular	28	58.3	8	20
Degree of liver cirrhosis	Cirrhosis	44	91.70	15	75	0.128
	Not known	4	8.30	5	25
Baseline number of lesions	1	26	54.20	28	70	0.503
	2	22	45.80	10	25
	3	0	0.00	2	5
Baseline size of lesion (cm)		4.7 ± 0.9	3.0 ± 6.5	5.2 ± 1.1	3.5 ± 7.0

ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; CHILD: Child-Pugh Classification.