Expression of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and effect of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization therapy on plasma vascular endothelial growth factor level

Table 2 Effect of different VEGF levels on specificity and sensitivity in predicting tumor load in patients with HCC

	Cut-off VEGF	Sensitivity	Specificity	Positive	Negative predictive
	value (ng/L)	(%)	(%)	predictive value (%)	value (%)
T II and T III/IV	36.55	75.9	62.5	78.6	58.8
Portal vein thrombosis	57.97	62.5	64.9	27.8	88.8
Extra hepatic metastasis	59.39	50	64.1	17.6	89.3
Arterio-portal vein shunting	56.03	75	67.6	33.3	92.6