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Table 4 Proportional hazards model to identify independent predictors of survival

From: Conventional transarterial chemoembolization versus drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Potential predictors of survival

p

Treatment group

0.31

Sex

0.31

Tumor grade

0.09

Child

<0.01

ECOG

0.19

Unilobar vs. bilobar tumor

0.07

Number of nodules

0.09

Portal invasion

<0.01

  1. ECOG: eastern cooperative oncology group