Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Introduction 9
Methods 10
Results 14
Discussion 31
Conclusion 35
References 36
국문요약 40
Table 1-1. Baseline patient characteristics according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 14
Table 1-2. Baseline patient characteristics in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage A according to initial treatment modalities 16
Table 1-3. Baseline patient characteristics in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B according to initial treatment modalities 17
Table 1-4. Baseline patient characteristics in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C according to initial treatment modalities 19
Table 2-1. Median survival time and cumulative survival proportions according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 22
Table 2-2. Median survival time and cumulative survival proportions according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages and Child-Turcotte-Pugh scores 23
Table 3-1. Univariate Cox regression analyses of overall survival according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 25
Table 3-2. Multivariable Cox regression analyses of overall survival according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 26
Table 4. Multivariable Cox regression analyses of initial treatment modalities in subgroups of each Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage 27
Figure 1. Patient recruitment flow diagram of the study 11
Figure 2. Proportions of initial treatment according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 21
Figure 3. Kaplan–Meier plots depicting overall survival stratified by initial treatment among Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage A patients 28
Figure 4. Kaplan–Meier plots depicting overall survival stratified by initial treatment among Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B patients 29
Figure 5. Kaplan–Meier plots depicting overall survival stratified by initial treatment among Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C patients 30