The serum AFP levels in HCC patients had a median value of 27 ng/ml (IQR, 1.8–31815 ng/ml) which was significantly higher than in the NC group (median = 2.5 ng/ml; IQR, 1.1–4.8 ng/ml; p = 0.0001; Figure 1C). This evidence concerns the gene AFP and hepatocellular carcinoma.