CLIC1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: In accordance with our study elevated CLIC1 levels have been reported in hepatocellular carcinoma (Huang et al, 2004) and gastric carcinoma (Chen et al, 2007) and in gastric cancer this was strongly correlated with lymph node metastasis, lymphatic invasion, perineural invasion and pathological staging indicating that CLIC1 could be a potential prognostic marker (Chen et al, 2007).