VEGFA and hepatocellular carcinoma: Many angiogenic factors, such as VEGF-A, HGF, transforming growth factor (TGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) (Folkman, 2003), demonstrated elevated expression levels in HCC tumors (Mas et al., 2007), Moreover, these factors induce angiogenesis through a number of mechanisms, one of them is via the HGF/c-Met signaling pathway.