TACE alone treatment. TACE did not reduce the diameter of either the tumor-associated and non-tumor-associated arteries (P>0.05) in the (A) hepatic artery and (B) the proper hepatic artery (C) with the exception of the hepatic artery branches (**P<0.05), (D) splenic artery, (E) gastroduodenal artery and (F) left gastric artery. P>0.05. G, H, I and J are images collected in the first TACE procedure; K, L, M and N are images collected in the second TACE procedure. (G) Arrow from left to right indicates the proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries. (H) Arrow from left to right indicates the left gastric and splenic arteries. (I) Arrow from left to right indicates the hepatic artery branches, and the left gastric and splenic arteries. (J) Red arrow indicates hepatic artery branches. (K) Arrow from left to right indicates the proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries. (L) Arrow from left to right indicates the left gastric and splenic arteries. (M) Arrow from left to right indicates the hepatic artery branches, and the left gastric and splenic arteries. (N) Red arrow indicates hepatic artery branches. TACE, transarterial chemoembolization. The magnification for all images in Figure 2 is 1:4.