AFP and neoplasm: Spearman correlation analysis (Table 2) convinced that high FLOT1 expression level was closely correlated with larger tumor size (R = 0.160, P = 0.013), advanced clinical stage (R = 0.234, P<0.001), CLIP stage (R = 0.329, P = 0.002), vascular invasion (R = 0.32, P<0.001), relapse (R = 0.525, P<0.001), and serum AFP levels (R = 0.160, P = 0.013).