Gastroenterology Research, ISSN 1918-2805 print, 1918-2813 online, Open Access
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Short Communication

Volume 5, Number 1, February 2012, pages 28-32


Local Tumor Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Microwave Percutaneous Ablation: A Preliminary Report

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Time to local tumor progression of the 11 treated lesions. Probability is expressed as cumulative incidence of local failure or recurrence from the date of the procedure.

Table

Demographic characteristics of the patients
 
Age (years) – median (range)69.9 (52.8 – 80.5)
Gender – no (%)
Male6 (66.7)
Female3 (33.3)
Causes of liver cirrhosis – no (%)
HCV infection4 (44.4)
HBV infection1 (11.1)
HBV/HCV co-infection1 (11.1)
HCV infection / Alcohol1 (11.1)
HBV infection / Alcohol1 (11.1)
NASH1 (11.1)
Child-Pugh score – no (%)
A/55 (55.6)
A/63 (33.3)
B/71 (11.1)
Previous therapy – no (%)2 (22.2)