Serum vascular endothelial growth factor as a tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jun 15, 2021; 13(6): 600-611
Published online Jun 15, 2021. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i6.600

Table 4 Correlations between tumor characteristics (tumor size and stage) and each of alpha fetoprotein, vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor/ platelet among hepatocellular carcinoma cases

		AFP (ng/mL)	VEGF (pg/mL)	VEGF/PLT
Size of tumor	Correlation coefficient	0.492	0.662	0.483
Size of tumor	P value	0.001	0.0001	0.002
TNM stage of tumor	Correlation coefficient	0.247	0.795	0.696
TNM stage of tumor	P value	0.124	0.0001	0.0001
BCLC stage of tumor	Correlation coefficient	0.382	0.889	0.740
BCLC stage of tumor	P value	0.015	0.0001	0.0001

AFP: Alpha fetoprotein; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor; PLT: Platelet; BCLC: Barcelona clinic liver; TNM: Tumor/node/metastasis.

Citation: Alzamzamy A, Elsayed H, Abd Elraouf M, Eltoukhy H, Megahed T, Aboubakr A. Serum vascular endothelial growth factor as a tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2021; 13(6): 600-611
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