HULC and H19 Played Different Roles in Overall and Disease-Free Survival from Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Hepatectomy: A Preliminary Analysis from Gene Expression Omnibus
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of HCC patients.
Characteristics
Male, (%)
199 (82.9)
Age, median (range), years
53 (45–61)
Body mass index, mean ± SD, kg/m2
24.2 ± 2.8
Etiology, HBV/HCV/alcohol/NA,
186/20/14/20
Tumor size, median (range), cm
3.7 (2.5–6.15)
Vascular invasion, (%)
133 (55.4)
Major portal vein invasion, (%)
9 (3.8)
Intrahepatic metastasis, (%)
55 (22.9)
Multicentric occurrence, (%)
13 (5.4)
Direct invasion of adjacent organ, (%)
5 (2.1)
AJCC stage, I/II/III/IV,
102/100/33/5
BCLC stage, A/B/C,
139/91/10
α-Fetoprotein >200 ng/mL, (%)
87 (36.3)
Liver histology of nontumor tissues, (%)
Cirrhosis
115 (47.9)
Chronic active hepatitis
58 (24.2)
Chronic persistent hepatitis
36 (15.0)
Reactive hepatitis
11 (4.6)
Alcoholic hepatitis
11 (4.6)
NA: not available; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.
