APOB and hepatocellular carcinoma: For example, of the 39 DFS-related genes, ALDOB inhibits metastasis in HCC and can be a valuable novel prognosis predicting marker (30); APOB was found to be a prognostic biomarker for patients with radical resection of HCC (31, 32); CCNF is downregulated in HCC and is a promising prognostic marker (33).