Research Article

Development and Evaluation of Nomograms to Predict the Cancer-Specific Mortality and Overall Mortality of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Patients and survivor characteristics.

CharacteristicAt diagnosis ()Time after diagnosis
1 year ()3 year ()5 year ()

Age at diagnosis (years)
 ≤6426248 (58.125)14999 (60.855)10300 (63.588)9205 (64.742)
 65-7914601 (32.333)7818 (31.720)4919 (30.368)4203 (29.561)
 ≥804309 (9.542)1830 (7.425)979 (6.044)810 (5.697)
Sex
 Male34618 (76.660)18614 (75.522)12150 (75.009)10628 (74.750)
 Female10540 (23.340)6033 (24.478)4048 (24.991)3590 (25.250)
Race
 White30737 (68.065)16618 (67.424)10798 (66.663)9501 (66.824)
 Black5927 (13.125)2904 (11.782)1808 (11.162)1562 (10.986)
 Others8285 (18.347)4987 (20.234)3483 (21.503)3049 (21.445)
 Unknown209 (0.463)138 (0.560)109 (0.673)106 (0.746)
Grade
 Grade 1 or 213432 (29.744)8816 (35.769)6188 (38.202)5427 (38.170)
 Grade 3 or 43773 (8.355)1694 (6.873)1103 (6.809)960 (6.752)
 Unknown27953 (61.900)14137 (57.358)8907 (54.988)7831 (55.078)
T category
 T032 (0.071)12 (0.049)6 (0.037)5 (0.035)
 T117916 (39.674)12130 (49.215)8720 (53.834)7759 (54.572)
 T29652 (21.374)6606 (26.802)4375 (27.010)3842 (27.022)
 T39378 (20.767)3251 (13.190)1712 (10.569)1460 (10.269)
 T41567 (3.470)436 (1.769)219 (1.352)197 (1.386)
 Unknown6613 (14.644)2212 (8.975)1166 (7.198)955 (6.717)
N category
 N035400 (78.391)21405 (86.846)14561 (89.894)12857 (90.428)
 N12737 (6.061)816 (3.311)403 (2.488)351 (2.469)
 Unknown7021 (15.548)2426 (9.843)1234 (7.618)1010 (7.104)
M category
 M035157 (77.853)21967 (89.126)14879 (91.857)13109 (92.200)
 M15568 (12.330)1136 (4.609)561 (3.463)498 (3.503)
 Unknown4433 (9.817)1544 (6.264)758 (4.680)611 (4.297)
Stage
 I15357 (34.007)11166 (45.304)8213 (50.704)7317 (51.463)
 II8157 (18.063)5976 (24.246)4064 (25.090)3578 (25.165)
 III6739 (14.923)2770 (11.239)1508 (9.310)1287 (9.052)
 IV7070 (15.656)1725 (6.999)846 (5.223)746 (5.247)
 Unknown7835 (17.350)3010 (12.212)1567 (9.674)1290 (9.073)
Surgery
 No32291 (71.507)13989 (56.757)8064 (49.784)7049 (49.578)
 Yes12464 (27.601)10516 (42.666)8064 (49.784)7112 (50.021)
 Unknown403 (0.892)142 (0.576)70 (0.432)57 (0.401)
Radiotherapy
 No41894 (92.772)23001 (93.322)15185 (93.746)13291 (93.480)
 Yes2820 (6.245)1466 (5.948)904 (5.581)828 (5.824)
 Unknown444 (0.983)180 (0.730)109 (0.673)99 (0.696)
Insurance
 No1367 (3.027)598 (2.426)413 (2.550)372 (2.616)
 Yes32083 (71.046)18618 (75.539)12835 (79.238)11697 (82.269)
 Unknown11708 (25.927)5431 (22.035)2950 (18.212)2149 (15.115)
Marriage
 No19601 (43.405)10044 (40.751)6308 (38.943)5492 (38.627)
 Yes23516 (52.075)13454 (54.587)9093 (56.137)7997 (56.246)
 Unknown2041 (4.520)1149 (4.662)797 (4.920)729 (5.127)