BECN1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The examination of the autophagy-related markers revealed the following: 91.6% of the HCC tissues and 59.8% of the ANT tissues were positive for LC3; 86.7% of the HCC tissues and 34.8% of the ANT tissues were positive for Beclin-1; and 81.1% of the HCC tissues and 8.4% of the ANT tissues were positive for p62.