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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Aug 15, 2026; 18(8): 121533
Published online Aug 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i8.121533
Published online Aug 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i8.121533
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, mean ± SD/n (%)
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 71) |
| Age (years) | 56.9 ± 10.9 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 49 (69.1) |
| Female | 22 (30.9) |
| Type of tumor | |
| HCC | 39 (54.9) |
| Liver metastasis | 32 (45.1) |
| Number of lesions | |
| Single | 55 (77.5) |
| Multiple | 16 (22.5) |
| Liver tumor size (cm) | 4.2 ± 2.0 |
| ≤ 5 | 53 (74.6) |
| > 5 | 18 (25.4) |
| Child-Pugh class | |
| A | 68 (95.7) |
| B | 3 (4.3) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0 | 16 (22.5) |
| 1 | 55 (77.5) |
| Maximum lesion area, (cm2), median (IQR) | 8.8 (5.2-15.2) |
| Maximum area of ice ball, (cm2), median (IQR) | 12.8 (10.8-19.8) |
| Ice ball area-to-lesion area ratio | |
| < 1 | 14 (19.7) |
| ≥ 1 | 57 (80.3) |
- Citation: Liu BJ, Kou FX, Guo JH, Wu D, Zhang X, Feng AW, Wang XD, Cao G, Xu L, Chen H, Liu P, Xu HF, Gao QZ, Yang RJ, Gao S, Zhu X. Efficacy and safety of computed tomography-guided coablation for hepatic malignancies. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2026; 18(8): 121533
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v18/i8/121533.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v18.i8.121533