On Kaplan-Meier analysis of sICAM-1 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor MFI, high sICAM-1 MFI is significantly associated with increased HCC incidence (p = 0.001; Fig. 1A) but granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and CD40 ligand MFI were not (p = 0.411 and 0.871, respectively; Fig. 1B and C). Here, CSF2 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.