STMN1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Moreover, even in human HCC samples of the Roessler cohort with more complex and diverse genetic alterations, we could detect a Spearman correlation of STMN1 with E2F1 and TFDP1 (r = 0.40, p < 0.0001, Fig. 4d and r = 0.38, p < 0.0001, Fig. 4e).