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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Image-guided microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma (≤5.0 cm): is MR guidance more effective than CT guidance?

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

1 Age range: 18–75 years

Age < 18 or > 75 years

2 HCC diagnosed according to EASL standards

No pathology or evidence on imaging

3 Child–Pugh grade A or B

Child–Pugh grade C

3 BCLC grades are A and B

BCLC grades are C

4 ECOG score ≤ 2

ECOG score > 2

4 Liver lesion number ≤ 3

Liver lesion number > 3

5 Single tumor diameter < 5 cm

Single tumor diameter ≥ 5

6 Expected survival time > 3 months

Expected survival time ≤ 3 months

7 No portal vein thrombus

Portal vein thrombus

8 No extrahepatic metastases

Extrahepatic metastases

9 PLT > 40 × 109/L or PT ≤25 s

PLT ≤ 40 × 109/L or PT > 25 s

  1. European Association for the Study of the Liver, EASL Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ECOG platelet, PLT prothrombin time, PT; HCC hepatocellular carcinoma