As shown in Fig. 5a, high levels of musashi1 expression was closely related to lower overall survival (log rank = 5.03, P = 0.0249) and recurrence-free survival (log rank = 4.454, P = 0.031) compared with patients with low levels of musashi1 expression in HCC patients. The gene discussed is MSI1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.