IL17A and hepatocellular carcinoma: Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated that both elevated serum levels of IL17 (P = 0.001, ≥0.9 pg/ml verse <0.9 pg/ml) (Figure 1D) and bigger tumor size (P = 0.041, >5 cm verse≤5 cm in diameter) (Figure 1E) reasonably predicted the OS of HCC patients.