Retrospective staging of the 268 HCC cases using the Okuda, CLIP, and BCLC systems. For each score, survival curves calculated by the Kaplan-Maier method were compared using the log rank test
| Staging system | n | Median survival | Deaths (n) | Deaths (% rate) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLIP, Cancer of the Liver Italian Program; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer. | |||||
| Okuda | <0.001 | ||||
| I | 190 | 27.5 | 70 | 36.8 | |
| II | 78 | 19.4 | 54 | 69.2 | |
| III | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| CLIP | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 129 | 30.1 | 45 | 34.7 | |
| 1 | 82 | 25.0 | 41 | 50.2 | |
| 2 | 33 | 17.7 | 19 | 57.6 | |
| 3 | 19 | 16.8 | 15 | 78.9 | |
| 4 | 5 | 4.8 | 4 | 80.0 | |
| 5 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| 6 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| BCLC | <0.001 | ||||
| A1 | 30 | 43.4 | 6 | 20.4 | |
| A2 | 68 | 28.9 | 22 | 32.1 | |
| A3 | 33 | 25.4 | 16 | 48.5 | |
| A4 | 93 | 22.3 | 46 | 49.4 | |
| B | 33 | 17.6 | 27 | 81.8 | |
| C | 11 | 7.4 | 7 | 63.0 | |
| D | 0 | – | – | – | |