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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 139 HCC patients

From: Effect of surgical liver resection on circulating tumor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinical characteristics

No. of patients

Preoperative

 Age, years

Mean: 49.9 ± 10.3; Median: 48.0

 Sex

  Male

122

  Female

17

 HBsAg

  Negative

21

  Positive

118

 Liver cirrhosis

  No

36

  Yes

103

 Child-Pugh score

  A

132

  B

7

Operative

 Operation method

  Open

123

  Laparoscopic

16

 Operation time (min)

Mean: 245.94 ± 83.22; Median: 236.00

 Blood loss (ml)

Mean: 447.12 ± 636.25; Median: 200.00

 Blood transfusion

  Yes

28

  No

111

 Hepatic vascular occlusion

  Yes

83

  No

56

Tumor characteristics

 Largest tumor size, cm

   ≤ 5

61

   >  5

78

 No. of tumors

  Single

106

  Multiple

33

 Macroscopic tumor thrombus

  No

113

  Yes

26

 Vascular invasion

  No

84

  Yes

55

 BCLC stage

  0 + A

56

  B + C

83

 AFP, ng/mL

  Negative (≤ 7.0)

39

  Positive (>  7.0)

100