Purpose:A comparison of the therapeutic effect studied by ?-rag,selec- tive asteriography and TAIC on advancing gastric carciomas with HM(hepatic metastasis) in 41 cases and NHM(without hepatic metastasis)the other 35 were reported.The correla- tion of primary and metastatic lesions including the efficacy of TAIC were also evaluated, Materials and Methods:Every case was undergone CAG;in addition LGA+CA were al- ways performed in cases of carcinoma of cardiac end of stomach so as CHA,either CA or LGA for gastric antrum carcinomas;while FDM(5Fu+CDDDP+MMC)were the drugs used for the majority of the patients.Results showed the number with large extent gastric carcinoma(≥one part of gastric zone)accompanied by moderate to severe deformaties in HM group were obviously greater than those of the NHM group(P