Liver Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2004.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 15, 2004; 10(6): 825-829
Published online Mar 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i6.825
Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with HCC and APS
CharacteristicsEthanol group(n = 64)Gelfoam group(n = 33)P value
Age (y)56.4 ± 21.452.3 ± 26.60.42
Sex (M/F)52/1225/70.72
Child classification
Child class A35(55%)20(61%)
Child class B29(45%)13(39%)0.56
Serum total bilirubin (mg/ml)1.6 ± 1.52.0 ± 1.80.31
Serum albumin (g/dl)3.6 ± 0.83.4 ± 1.10.30
Number of tumors
115(23%)11(33%)
2~319(30%)8(24%)
4, diffuse30(47%)14(43%)0.32