Research Article
[Retracted] Prognostic Comparison between cTACE and H101-TACE in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis
Table 2
Comparison of baseline characteristics between the two cohorts following matching.
| | H101-TACE () | c-TACE () | |
| Age (years), | | | 0.989 | Gender, (%) | | | 0.710 | Male | 33 (91.7) | 31 (86.1) | Female | 3 (8.3) | 5 (13.9) | HBV, (%) | | | 1.000 | Absent | 0 | 0 (4.1) | Present | 36 (100) | 36 (100) | , (%) | | | 1.000 | 0 | 28 (77.8) | 28 (77.8) | 1 | 8 (22.2) | 8 (22.2) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | Child-Pugh, (%) | | | 0.605 | A | 24 (66.7) | 27 (75) | B | 12 (33.3) | 9 (25) | BCLC, (%) | | | 1.000 | B | 25 (69.4) | 25 (69.4) | C | 11 (30.6) | 11 (30.6) | Tumor number, (%) | | | 1.000 | ≤3 | 18 (50) | 17 (47.2) | >3 | 18 (50) | 19 (52.8) | Tumor size (cm), (%) | | | 0.813 | <5 | 19 (52.8) | 21 (58.3) | ≥5 | 17 (47.2) | 15 (41.7) | Tumor thrombus, (%) | | | 1.000 | Absent | 34 (94.4) | 34 (94.4) | Present | 2 (5.6) | 2 (5.6) | Lymph node metastasis, (%) | | | 0.767 | Absent | 28 (77.8) | 30 (83.3) | Present | 8 (22.2) | 6 (16.7) | Distant metastasis, (%) | | | 0.478 | Absent | 33 (91.7) | 30 (83.3) | Present | 3 (8.3) | 6 (16.7) | Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/ml), (%) | | | 1.000 | <400 | 22 (61.1) | 22 (61.1) | ≥400 | 14 (38.9) | 14 (38.9) | TB, | | | 0.026 | ALB, | | | 0.899 | ALT, | | | 0.644 | AST, | | | 0.165 | PT, | | | 0.421 | Ascites, (%) | | | 0.710 | Absent | 31 (86.1) | 33 (91.7) | Present | 5 (13.9) | 3 (8.3) |
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Abbreviations: ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Cohort; HBV: hepatitis B virus; BCLC: Barcelona clinic liver cancer; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; TB: total bilirubin; ALB: albumin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase.
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