AFP and hepatocellular carcinoma: After statistical analysis, we did not observe any significant difference in the distribution of age; sex; expression of HBsAg; ALT, AST, TBil, ALB, PT, and AFP levels; Child-Pugh class; maximum HCC size; number of HCC foci; Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage; extrahepatic metastasis; vascular invasion; and APF/AVF between the 2 groups(Table 1).