Vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) is thought to be an important factor in tumor angiogenesis/lymphangiogenesis, but its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not yet been fully investigated.
Department of Pathology, Research Center of Innovative Cancer Therapy of the 21 Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. rin@med.kurume-u.ac.jp