Table 2: The different angiogenesis potential of the patient treated with liver resection, liver transplantation and palliatively for HCC

Liver Resection Liver Transplant Palliative Treatment Kruskal-Wallis Test
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Chisq p-value
Hematopoietic stem cells (%HSCs/WBC) 0.017 0.01 0.011 0.04 0.019 0.01 6.64 p< 0.03
Endothelial progenitor cells (n.EPCs/1mL) 24.15 18.1 18.95 19.15 19.8 12.8 8.8 p< 0.01
Serum VEGF concentrations (pg/mL) 274.0 200.7 284.64 242.9 210.5 331.6 5.45 p< 0.06
Tumor VEGF 73.5 17.9 80.1 6.7 83.5 13.5 18.5 p< 0.001
Tumor VEGFR-2 45.6 12.6 45.1 7.7 59.9 15.5 4.4 p< 0.01