Table 3.
Pre-liver transplant serumVEGF and histologic characteristics. Values are presented as median (IQR).
| Histologic features | VEGF |
|---|---|
| Vascular invasion | 37.0 (11.0) |
| No vascular invasion | 31.0 (16.1) |
| p value | 0.35 |
| Within Milan | 31.0 (12.1) |
| Beyond Milan | 42.5 (34.4) |
| p value | 0.33 |
| Poor differentiation | 49.0 (107.1) |
| Well/Moderate differentiation | 31.0 (15.1) |
| p value | 0.26 |
| HCV | 34.0 (19.1) |
| No HCV | 31.0 (9.1) |
| p value | 0.27 |
| Locoregional therapy | 34 (19.9) |
| No locoregional therapy | 30.9 (17.1) |
| p value | 0.05 |
| Multiple tumors | 34.0 (19.9) |
| 1 tumor | 30.9 (16.1) |
| p value | 0.11 |