VEGFA and neoplasm: There was no association between VEGF immunostaining and the following characteristics: the sex (p = 0.7) or neuter status of the dog (p = 0.1), tumour location (p = 0.7), tumour size (p = 0.3), palpable characteristics (p = 0.1), tumour histologic type (p = 0.4), grade (p = 0.5) or mitotic count (p = 0.2).