Research Article

[Retracted] Prognostic Comparison between cTACE and H101-TACE in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis

Table 3

Survival prognosis-linked factor assessments.

FactorOverall survivalProgression-free survival
Univariate analysisMultivariate analysisUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)

Sex
 Female/male1.114 (0.524-2.365)0.7790.788 (0.466-1.330)0.372
Age (years)
 <60/≥600.908 (0.526-1.566)0.7280.870 (0.580-1.307)0.504
HBsAg
 Positive/negative0.359 (0.111-1.157)0.0860.173 (0.051-0.589)0.0050.748 (0.235-2.379)0.622
Child-Pugh grade
 B/A2.018 (1.187-3.433)0.0101.082 (0.713-1.643)0.712
AFP level (ug/L)
 ≥400/<4002.052 (1.192-3.534)0.0101.923 (1.069-3.460)0.0291.514 (0.995-2.304)0.0531.548 (1.009-2.374)0.045
Number of tumors
 >3/≤30.653 (0.384-1.112)0.1171.122 (0.754-1.667)0.571
Tumor size (cm)
 ≥5/<50.888 (0.521-1.515)0.0631.178 (0.791-1.754)0.420
Tumor thrombus
 Yes/no6.911 (3.425-13.942)<0.014.944 (2.300-10.628)<0.012.004 (1.083-3.708)0.027
Lymph node metastasis
 Yes/no2.322 (1.211-4.451)0.0111.281 (0.758-2.164)0.356
Distant metastasis
 Yes/no1.673 (0.706-3.967)0.2431.199 (0.622-2.313)0.587
Treatment option
 cTACE/H101-TACE0.544 (0.300-0.989)0.0460.649 (0.423-0.996)0.048
BCLC
 C/B2.999 (1.705-5.272)<0.011.285 (0.834 -1.980)0.255
ECOG
 1/02.664 (1.520-4.669)<0.012.300 (1.274-4.152)0.0061.289 (0.815-2.039)0.2781.207 (0.760-1.919)0.4255
 2/09.06 (2.673-30.705)<0.017.407 (1.984-27.653)0.0039.397 (2.750-32.107)0.00410.713 (3.100-37.028)<0.01

Abbreviations: ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Cohort; BCLC: Barcelona clinic liver cancer; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein.