AFP and hepatocellular carcinoma: Our multivariate Cox modeling to identify prognostic factors in HCC patients with or without PHT led to similar conclusions as previous studies: patients with high preoperative AFP [4], alanine aminotransferase [21] and bilirubin levels [8], multinodularity [44], macrovascular invasion [4], history of major resection [45], and PHT [41] had significantly worse outcomes than did other patients after HR.