Not every organ in the body does, but the liver has a portal vein blood supply and a hepatic artery blood supply. So the portal vein feeds the normal liver; the hepatic artery feeds the metastases.

Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) is the most common vascular complication after liver transplantation, occurring in 2–5% of liver transplant recipients. As such, HAT is a major cause of morbidity ...

Dr. Katherine Poruk, a surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic, says a specialized therapy known as hepatic artery infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy is an option for some. HAIP therapy targets tumors ...

or unilateral second-order biliary radicals with contralateral portal vein or hepatic artery involvement The new edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system now differentiates ...