Therapeutic Decision Making in Hepatocellular Carcinoma According to Age and Child–Pugh Class: A Nationwide Cohort Analysis in South Korea

Table 2

Treatment pattern change by age and the Child–Pugh classification in single lesions.

Treatment n = 4601	Age (years)
	≤59	60–69	≥70	value
Surgical resection	859 (39.6%)	390 (28.9%)	194 (18.0%)	<0.001
Liver transplantation	35 (1.6%)	12 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	<0.001
Local ablative therapy	422 (19.4%)	289 (21.4%)	200 (18.5%)	0.784
Transarterial therapy	729 (33.6%)	553 (41.0%)	518 (48.0%)	<0.001
Systemic chemotherapy	7 (0.3%)	6 (0.4%)	7 (0.6%)	0.188
Radiation therapy	7 (0.3%)	12 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	0.525
No treatment	112 (5.2%)	88 (6.5%)	157 (14.5%)	<0.001
n = 4601	Child–Pugh classification
	A	B	C	value
Surgical resection	1390 (36.3%)	52 (7.9%)	1 (0.9%)	<0.001
Liver transplantation	24 (0.6%)	10 (1.5%)	13 (11.5%)	<0.001
Local ablative therapy	776 (20.2%)	116 (17.7%)	19 (16.8%)	0.094
Transarterial therapy	1405 (36.7%)	356 (54.4%)	39 (34.5%)	<0.001
Systemic chemotherapy	14 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0.282
Radiation therapy	13 (0.3%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0.010
No treatment	211 (5.5%)	105 (16.0%)	41 (36.3%)	<0 .001