VEGFA and hepatocellular carcinoma: 202 individuals (169 male and 33 female) with solitary HCC were split into a training group (n = 142, 76 for VEGF positive, 66 for VEGF negative; 115 male and 27 female) and a testing group (n = 60, 32 for VEGF positive, 28 for VEGF negative; 54 male and 6 female).