Further staining in additional specimens of HCC tissues from 8 patients using mIHC, which allowed for greater image resolution, showed that many of these PVM-like cells also expressed VEGFA, suggesting they are indeed PVMs (Figure 5E, Supplemental Figure S2, http://links.lww.com/HC9/B51).56, 57, 58. This evidence concerns the gene VEGFA and hepatocellular carcinoma.