To verify the relationship between NDRG2 and LDHA expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients, we investigated the expression of NDRG2 and LDHA in tissues from clinical HCC patients who has been histologically diagnosed between November 2010 and November 2012 by Department of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University. Here, LDHA is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.