Table 1 The clinical profiles and tumor characteristics of 7 HCC patients with PVT and another 7 patients without PVT
From: Down-regulation of metabolic proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis
|  | PVT (n = 7) | No PTV (n = 7) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (M/F) | 7/0 | 5/2 | 0.462 |
Age [median(range)] | 47 (39–71) | 69 (53–79) | 0.016 |
Operation | Â | Â | Â |
 Lobectomy | 4 | 0 | 0.070 |
 Segmentectomy | 3 | 7 |  |
Tumor | Â | Â | Â |
 Size [median(range)] (cm) | 8 (5–13) | 4 (3.5–4.8) | <0.001 |
 Vascular invasion (+/−) | 7/0 | 0/7 | <0.001 |
 Encapsulation (+/−) | 3/4 | 7/0 | 0.070 |
 Daughter nodule (+/−) | 4/3 | 1/6 | 0.266 |
 Diffentiation grade |  |  |  |
  1 | 0 | 0 | 0.229 |
  2 | 2 | 5 |  |
  3 | 4 | 2 |  |
  4 | 1 | 0 |  |
Hepatitis | Â | Â | Â |
 B (−)C (−) | 2 | 1 | 0.801 |
 B (+)C (−) | 4 | 5 |  |
 B (−)C (+) | 1 | 1 |  |
 B (+)C (+) | 0 | 0 |  |
Cirrhosis (+/−) | 6/1 | 5/2 | 1.000 |
AFP [median(range)] (ng/mL) | 11.4 (2–1937) | 11.0 (4.6–9198) | 1.000 |
Survival [median(range)] (months) | 4 (2.5–47) | 53 (33–85) | 0.002 |