Table 2 Treatment status by age and stage.

From: A nationwide study on the current treatment status and natural prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly

By age

Years

Supportive care

Surgical resection

RFA

TACE

Chemotherapy

Radiation therapy

Radioembolization

Transplantation

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

65–70

179

(15.84)

263

(23.27)

152

(13.45)

456

(40.35)

54

(4.78)

15

(1.33)

3

(0.27)

8

(0.71)

1130

70–75

214

(20.48)

191

(18.28)

118

(11.29)

461

(44.11)

47

(4.50)

7

(0.67)

6

(0.57)

1

(0.10)

1045

75–80

249

(31.28)

80

(10.05)

88

(11.06)

319

(40.08)

47

(5.90)

9

(1.13)

4

(0.50)

0

(0.00)

796

80–85

157

(40.05)

27

(6.89)

23

(5.87)

155

(39.54)

22

(5.61)

4

(1.02)

4

(1.02)

0

(0.00)

392

 ≥ 85

69

(53.49)

2

(1.55)

6

(4.65)

40

(31.01)

6

(4.65)

3

(2.33)

3

(2.33)

0

(0.00)

129

Total

868

(24.86)

563

(16.12)

387

(11.08)

1431

(40.98)

176

(5.04)

38

(1.09)

20

(0.57)

9

(0.26)

3492

By tumor stage

mUICC stage

Supportive care

Surgical resection

RFA

TACE

Chemotherapy

Radiation therapy

Radioembolization

Transplantation

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

I

38

(8.32)

56

(12.25)

178

(38.95)

177

(38.73)

0

(0.00)

5

(1.09)

1

(0.22)

2

(0.44)

457

II

217

(15.48)

404

(28.82)

168

(11.98)

568

(40.51)

20

(1.43)

9

(0.64)

14

(1.00)

2

(0.14)

1402

III

270

(27.49)

91

(9.27)

34

(3.46)

524

(53.36)

45

(4.58)

8

(0.81)

5

(0.51)

5

(0.51)

982

IV-A

162

(48.07)

9

(2.67)

5

(1.48)

112

(33.23)

44

(13.06)

5

(1.48)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

337

IV-B

177

(57.28)

3

(0.97)

2

(0.65)

49

(15.86)

67

(21.68)

11

(3.56)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

309

Unknown

4

(80.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

1

(20.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

5

BCLC stage

Supportive care

Surgical resection

RFA

TACE

Chemotherapy

Radiation therapy

Radioembolization

Transplantation

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Stage 0

12

(5.69)

24

(11.37)

93

(44.08)

82

(38.86)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

211

Stage A

40

(5.41)

218

(29.46)

150

(20.27)

322

(43.51)

4

(0.54)

4

(0.54)

2

(0.27)

0

(0.00)

740

Stage B

151

(23.56)

131

(20.44)

6

(0.94)

315

(49.14)

18

(2.81)

5

(0.78)

12

(1.87)

3

(0.47)

641

Stage C

388

(33.62)

104

(9.01)

61

(5.29)

436

(37.78)

139

(12.05)

24

(2.08)

2

(0.17)

0

(0.00)

1154

Stage D

153

(69.86)

2

(0.91)

7

(3.20)

47

(21.46)

5

(2.28)

1

(0.46)

0

(0.00)

4

(1.83)

219

Unknown

124

(23.53)

84

(15.94)

70

(13.28)

229

(43.45)

10

(1.90)

4

(0.76)

4

(0.76)

2

(0.38)

527

  1. RFA, radiofrequency ablation; TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; n, number; UICC, The Union for International Cancer Control; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.