Item

Interventional treatment group

Chinese herb group

Sex

Male

56

60

Female

9

7

Age (years)     

Median

51

51

Range

25-75

16-83

Serum hepatitis B surface antigen        

Positive

58

59

Negative

7

8

Serum AFP (ng/mL)

<20

18

15

21-400

6

6

≥400

41

46

Child-Pugh Classification                 

A

51

43

B

14

24

Portal vein thrombosis

Positive

45

44

Negative

20

23

ECOG performance status

1

40

29

2

22

31

3

3

7

Tumor burden (tumor/non-tumor)

≥50%

41

36

＜50%

24

21

The number of tumor

1

37

30

≥2

28

37

Abdominal lymph node metastasis

Positive

27

29

Negative

38

38

Distant metastasis

Positive

18

26

Negative

37

41