EPCAM and hepatocellular carcinoma: EpCAM expression also showed significant increases in specimens with ST (214.45 ± 50.06, p < 0.0001), NASH (77.40 ± 28.49, p = 0.007), CR (213.74 ± 25.22, p < 0.0001) and HCC (483.75 ± 119.92, p < 0.0001) as compared with paired peritumoral tissues (38.44 ± 7.31).