Expression of intercellular adhesive molecule-1 in liver cancer tissues andliver cancer metastasis

Table 1 ICAM-1 expression in different liver tissues [(x^-±s)/1000]

Groups	Cases	ICAM-1
HCC	40	13.43 ± 0.09
Tumor surrounding liver tissues	40	5.89 ± 0.17b
bNormal liver	8	4.27 ± 0.21b

^bP < 0.01, compared with HCC group

Table 2 The relationship of ICAM 1 content with some tumor biocharacters (x^-±s)

Groups	Cases	ICAM-1	P-value
Metastasis	16	20.24 ± 0.30	< 0.05
Nonmetastasis	24	10.23 ± 0.12
Metastasis tumor surrounding liver	16	6.80 ± 0.08	> 0.05
Nonmetastasis tumor surrounding liver	21	4.78 ± 0.04
Intact capsule	22	13.55 ± 0.20	> 0.05
Nonintact capsule	15	12.93 ± 0.32
Large HCC	20	14.45 ± 0.26	> 0.05
Small HCC	14	10.96 ± 0.47