Research Article

Efficacy and Safety of Drug-Eluting Bead TACE in the Treatment of Primary or Secondary Liver Cancer

Table 1

Clinical information of unresectable primary liver cancer patients (n = 41).

CharacteristicsStatistics

Sex (male/female)37/4
Age (≥65 years old/<65 years old)20/21
Medical history
 Hepatitis (yes/no)36/5
 Alcohol (yes/no)3/38
 Liver cirrhosis (yes/no)26/15
Tumor diameter (≥50 mm/<50 mm)25/16
Tumor number2.00 ± 1.70
Portal vein invasion (yes/no)5/36
ECOG (0/1/2)2/35/4
Child–Pugh (A/B)38/3
BCLC (A/B/C)16/18/7
Treatment history
 Conventional TACE (yes/no)23/18
Surgery (yes/no)9/32
Ablation (yes/no)5/36
 TKI drugs (yes/no)7/34

ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; BCLC: Barcelona clinical liver classification; TACE: transarterial chemoembolization; TKI: tyrosine kinase inhibitor.