HTATIP2 and neoplasm: As shown in Table 2 of cohort 1, patients with a low intratumoral HTATIP2 expression or a high MVD were prone to exhibit large tumor size, high serum α-fetoprotein concentration, high tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage (borderline significance for HTATIP2), and the presence of intrahepatic metastasis and microvascular invasion.