 Thirty HCC patients 24 male, 6 females Child A cirrhotics with branch PVT. Follow up was done at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after first TACE. All patients underwent laboratory investigations including liver function tests to assess deterioration in liver functions, triphasic spiral CT to assess radiological response according to mRECIST criteria. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier estimations. 