AFP and neoplasm: The examined clinical characteristics of the patients included the following: gender, age, HBV or HCV carrier status, the presence of alcoholic liver disease, the degree of vascular invasion, capsule invasion and ascites formation, pathological stage, tumor size, and the levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), albumin (Alb), bilirubin, creatinine (Cr), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT).