World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 3, Number 4, August 2012, pages 165-172

Clinical Characteristics of 130 Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Followed at a Tertiary Hospital From Brazil

Tables

Table 1. General Characteristics of the 130 Patients With HCC Included in the Study
 
Characteristicsn
n: number of patients; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Sex (male (%):female (%))130106 (81.5%):24 (18.5%)
Age at the time of HCC diagnosis (mean ± SD)13055.6 ± 11.2 years
Characteristics of the liver (%)130
  Cirrhosis116 (89.2%)
  Chronic viral hepatites4 (3.2%)
    HBV2 (1.6%)
    HCV2 (1.6%)
  NASH5 (3.8%)
  Normal liver5 (3.8%)

 

Table 2. Systems for Prognostic Evaluation (Child-Turcotte-Pugh, MELD, Okuda and BCLC) Applied to the Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
 
Classificationn
n: number of patients; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; BCLC: Barcelona Cancer Liver Clinic.
Child-Turcotte-Pugh116
  A62 (53.4%)
  B37 (31.9%)
  C17 (14.7%)
MELD (mean ± SD)11113 ± 4
Okuda115
  I60 (52.2%)
  II42 (36.5%)
  III13 (11.3%)
BCLC114
  A57 (50%)
  B22 (19.3%)
  C20 (17.5%)
  D15 (13.2%)

 

Table 3. Characteristics of the Hepatocellular Carcinomas (HCC): Tumor Type, Nodule Size and Evaluation of Metastasis
 
Characteristics of HCCn
n: number of patients; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.
  Tumor type129
  Uninodular91 (70.5%)
  Multinodular21 (16.3%)
  Infiltrative diffuse17 (13.2%)
Nodule size126
  < 5 cm75 (59.5%)
  5 - 10 cm24 (19%)
  > 10 cm10 (8%)
Metastasis117
  Bone4 (3.4%)
  Lung4 (3.4%)
  Adrenal1 (0.9%)