AFP and neoplasm: Among 17 parameters and treatment modalities, high bilirubin (>3 mg dl−1), the presence of uncontrollable ascites, and a high platelet count (>8 × 104 mm−3), so-called background liver factors, as well as multiple tumour number, large tumour (>3 cm), high AFP (>400 ng ml−1), and the presence of PVTT, so-called tumour factors, were significant risk factors for death in univariate analysis in Table 2.