Research Article

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

Table 2

Clinical information of unresectable secondary liver cancer patients (n = 18).

CharacteristicsStatistics

Sex (male/female)12/6
Age (≥65 years old/<65 years old)10/8
Medical history
 Hepatitis (yes/no)0/18
 Alcohol (yes/no)1/17
 Liver cirrhosis (yes/no)0/18
Tumor diameter (≥50 mm/<50 mm)5/13
Tumor number2.12 ± 1.18
Portal vein invasion (yes/no)0/18
ECOG (0/1/2)1/16/1
Child–Pugh(A/B)18/0
Primary lesion
 Colorectal cancer8
 Gastric cancer5
 Esophagus cancer1
 Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor1
 Bile duct cancer1
 Lung cancer2
Treatment history
 Conventional TACE (yes/no)4/14
 Surgery (yes/no)11/7
 Ablation (yes/no)5/13
 TKI drugs (yes/no)7/11

ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; TACE: transarterial chemoembolization; TKI: tyrosine kinase inhibitor.