COL18A1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The DFS-related multivariate analysis results showed that the expression of 39 genes (ALDOB, APOB, AURKB, C5, CCNF, CD4, CENPJ, CETP, COL18A1, CPT2, DAND5, DNASE1, EBPL, F7, FLT3, G6PD, GNMT, ITGB2, KLRK1, KNG1, LMOD1, NEK2, PCLAF, PER1, PKM, POU2F1, PPAT, PPIA, PRF1, PTPN6, RUNX3, SELP, SLCO1B1, SPPL2A, STAT5A, TCF21, TRPV1, TUSC1, and TYMS) was significantly associated with DFS in HCC patients (p < 0.05, Table 1).