Table 3.
Correlation between courses of TACE and expression of VEGF protein
Group | Cases |
Expression of VEGF (%) |
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- | + | ++ | +++ | ||
One-course | 50 | 5 (10.0) | 14 (28.0) | 12 (24.0) | 19 (38.0) |
Two-course | 19 | 3 (15.8) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (15.8) | 9 (47.4) |
Three-, four- or five-course | 10 | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (50.0) | 3 (30.0) |
Non-TACE group | 57 | 17 (29.8) | 16 (28.1) | 13 (22.8) | 11 (19.3) |