Fig 1.
A typical nodule of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (A: CTAP, B: CTHA) and a hypovascular nodule (red circle, C: CTAP, D: CTHA). CTAP, computed tomography during arterial portography; CTHA, computed tomography during hepatic arteriography.
Fig 2.
Study flow.
Table 1.
Baseline demographic data of the study patients.
Fig 3.
Kaplan–Meier curve for the cumulative hypervascularization rate of hypovascular nodules.
Fig 4.
Kaplan-Meier curve recurrence free survival curves for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma only (group A, blue line) and hypovascular nodules co-existing with hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (group B, red line).
Fig 5.
Kaplan–Meier survival curves for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma only (group A, blue line) and hypovascular nodules co-existing with hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (group B, red line).
Table 2.
Multivariate survival analyses based on the contribution of hypovascular nodule prognosis.