Table 5.
Correlations Between Extent of Angiogenesis and Proliferation
| Liver Tumor, Combined | HBL | HCC | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ki67+ Area in ITA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in PTA | CD34+ Area in PTA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in ITA | CD34+ Area in ITA (%) | Ki67+ Area in ITA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in PTA | CD34+ Area in PTA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in ITA | CD34+ Area in ITA (%) | Ki67+ Area in ITA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in PTA | CD34+ Area in PTA (%) | No. of CD34+ Vessels in ITA | CD34+ Area in ITA (%) | ||
| Ki67+ RDs (%) |
0.0707*
0.7156† |
–0.1845 0.3381 |
–0.0562 0.7722 |
–0.0749 0.6995 |
–0.3080 0.1041 |
0.5138 0.0349 |
–0.2842 0.2690 |
–0.0429 0.8703 |
–0.2014 0.4383 |
–0.4168 0.0960 |
–0.3779 0.2259 |
0.0321 0.9210 |
–0.0998 0.7577 |
0.1711 0.5950 |
–0.0887 0.7840 |
|
| Ki67+ area in ITA (%) |
–0.0225 0.9061 |
0.3081 0.0976 |
0.0434 0.8197 |
0.4431 0.0142 |
–0.2820 0.2569 |
0.3479 0.1571 |
–0.0653 0.7968 |
0.3029 0.2218 |
0.3543 0.2586 |
0.4931 0.1033 |
0.1746 0.5873 |
0.5019 0.0964 |
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| No. of CD34+ vessels in PTA |
0.1751 0.3378 |
0.3779 0.0330 |
–0.0948 0.6058 |
0.2457 0.2963 |
0.5247 0.0175 |
–0.2139 0.3651 |
–0.0433 0.8937 |
–0.1638 0.6110 |
0.0415 0.8980 |
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| CD34+ area in PTA (%) |
0.3884 0.0280 |
0.4915 0.0043 |
0.3748 0.1035 |
0.5195 0.0189 |
0.4520 0.1402 |
0.4789 0.1152 |
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| No. of CD34+ vessels in ITA |
0.1932 0.2894 |
0.0500 0.8342 |
0.5482 0.0650 |
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Abbreviations: ITA, intratumoral area; PTA, peritumoral area.
*Pearson correlation coefficient (r).
† P value.