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Patients | n = 40 |
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Age (year) | 62.1 ± 11.3 |
Sex | |
Male | n = 29 |
Female | n = 11 |
Virus | |
HCV+ | n = 11 |
HBV+ | n = 8 |
HCV+HBV+ | n = 12 |
HCV-HBV- | n = 9 |
Cirrhosis | |
Yes | n = 22 |
No normal | n = 3 |
CH | n = 15 |
Tumor differentiation | |
Well | n = 4 |
Moderately | n = 32 |
Poorly | n = 4 |
Number of tumors | |
1 | n = 29 |
2 | n = 5 |
3 | n = 4 |
4- | n = 2 |
Vessel invasion | |
Negative | n = 31 |
Positive | n = 9 |