After reviewing the published literatures and previous studies, we found that 6 of 9 genes [CLEC3B (26), DNASE1L3 (27), PTTG1 (28, 29), KIF2C (30), XPO5 (31, 32), and UBE2S (33, 34)] have been demonstrated to act as promising prognostic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma. Here, XPO5 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.