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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: When to call it off: defining transplant candidacy limits in liver donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

 

Number

(N = 242)

Percent (%)

Gender

 Males

203

83.9

Age group

  ≤ 40

14

5.8

 40–50

80

33

 50–60

113

46.7

  > 60

35

14.5

Etiology

 HCV

183

75.6

 HBV

34

14

 HCV + HBV

10

4.1

 HBV + HDV

5

2

 Cryptogenic

7

2.9

 Others

3

1.2

Graft to recipient weight ratio

  < 0.8

40

16.5

  >  0.8

202

83.5

MELD score

  ≤ 10

27

11.2

 11–20

129

53.3

 21–30

77

31.8

  > 31

9

3.7

CTP class

 A

50

20.7

 B

100

41.3

 C

92

38

Extent

 Within Milan

134

55.4

 Within UCSF criteria

16

6.6

 Outside UCSF criteria

92

38

Tumor nodules

 1

118

48.7

 2

56

23.1

 3

18

7.4

 Multiple

50

20.7

AFP (ng/ml) (N = 232)

 Normal

74

31.9

  ≤ 600

136

58.6

  > 600

22

9.5

Preoperative treatment

 TACE

54

22.3

 RFA

11

4.5

Grade

 Well/moderate

163

67.3

 Poor

71

29.4

 Complete response

8

3.3

Micro vascular invasion

 Present

85

35.1