Here we demonstrated that NCAPG transcript level in combination with liver cirrhosis could discriminate early recurrent tumors from nonrecurrent tumors with an AUC of >0.80 in 2 independent datasets, whereas NCAPG protein level can correctly identify 7 out of the 8 early recurrent tumors (Fig. 6B, D, E). Here, NCAPG is linked to cirrhosis of liver.