Table 1 Distribution of "very early" and "early" HCC, according to the different variables.
| Â | Â | Very EarlyHCC (65) | EarlyHCC (465) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Â | N | % | N | % |
Gender | Male (M) | 43 | 66 | 316 | 68 |
| Â | Female (F) | 22 | 34 | 149 | 32 |
Age | < 60 | 16 | 24 | 107 | 23 |
|  | 60 – 70 | 31 | 48 | 214 | 46 |
| Â | > 70 | 18 | 28 | 144 | 31 |
Disease Aetiology | HBV | 4 | 6 | 42 | 9 |
| Â | HCV | 44 | 68 | 274 | 59 |
| Â | Alcohol abuse | 7 | 11 | 51 | 11 |
| Â | Alcohol and virus | 4 | 6 | 56 | 12 |
| Â | Mixed and others | 6 | 9 | 42 | 9 |
HCC diagnosis | Incidental | 6 | 9 | 116 | 25 |
| Â | Surveillance | 58 | 89 | 326 | 70 |
| Â | Symptomatic | 1* | 2 | 23* | 5 |
Alfafetoprotein | < 20 ng/ml | 31 | 47 | 228 | 49 |
|  | 20–200 ng/ml | 27 | 42 | 205 | 44 |
| Â | > 200 ng/ml | 7 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
Bilirubin | < 2 mg/dl | 62 | 95 | 398 | 85 |
|  | ≥2 mg/dl | 3 | 5 | 67 | 15 |
Lesion number | 1 | 65 | 100 | 344 | 74 |
|  | 2–3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 26 |
Tumor size | ≤2 cm | 65 | 100 | 158 | 34 |
|  | 2–3 cm | 0 | 0 | 202 | 43 |
| Â | > 3 cm | 0 | 0 | 105 | 23 |
Child-Pugh class | A | 65 | 100 | 331 | 71 |
| Â | B | 0 | 0 | 134 | 29 |
CLIP score | 0 | 61 | 93 | 243 | 52 |
| Â | 1 | 4 | 7 | 167 | 36 |
| Â | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 |
| Â | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Type of treatment | OLTx | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Â | RESECTION | 8 | 12 | 75 | 16 |
| Â | RFTA | 14 | 22 | 58 | 12 |
| Â | PEI | 20 | 30 | 106 | 23 |
| Â | TACE | 17 | 26 | 128 | 28 |
| Â | PEI + TACE | - | - | 25 | 6 |
| Â | BSC | 3 | 5 | 62 | 13 |