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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Metastasis. 2008 Aug 20;25(7):835–841. doi: 10.1007/s10585-008-9199-6

Table 2.

Correlation of vascular involvements of HCC with metastases

Portal vein involvement Hepatic vein involvement


Present (n = 57) Absent (n = 23) P-value Present (n = 26) Absent (n = 54) P-value
Intrahepatic metastasis 53 (93%) 13 (57%) 0.0001 22 (85%) 44 (80%) 0.7297
Pulmonary metastasis 32 (56%)   3 (13%) 0.0004 19 (73%) 16 (29%) 0.0014
Pulmonary tumor emboli 31 (54%)   4 (17%) 0.0025 19 (73%) 16 (29%) 0.0002