Interventionally implanted port catheter systems for hepatic arterial infusion of chemotherapy in patients with primary liver cancer: A phase II-study (NCT00356161)

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

Characteristics	n (Total n=70)
	HCC (n=33)	ICC (n=37)
Age (median/range)	66 (38–76)	59 (41–79)
Gender (f/m)	8/25	22/15
Primary tumour:
Primary/recurrent	8/25	19/18
Grading (G1/G2/G3/n.a.)	1/11/20/12	3/17/7/10
Child-Pugh class A/B/C/n.a.	25/3/1/4	--
Stage IVb	10	21
Pretreatment:
Hepatic resection	18	12
Liver transplantation	5	0
Sorafenib/Chemotherapy	1	6
Chemoembolisation	12	1
Local ablation (RFA, brachytherapy)	2	2
Elevated AFP/Ca 19-9	24	32

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