Meanwhile, we conducted a further analysis using Spearman correlation test, the consistent relationship between the expression of miR-203 and the clinicopathological parameters of HCC were listed as follows: metastasis (r = −0.254, P = 0.013), TNM (r = −0.300, P = 0.003), cirrhosis (r = 0.487, P < 0.001), nm23 (r = −0.292, P = 0.004), p21 (r = −0.223, P = 0.030) and MVD (r = −0.206, P = 0.045). The gene discussed is NME1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.