On comparing the baseline characteristics between patients with hypovascular tumors and those without any tumors, the patients with hypovascular tumors tended to be older; more frequently had liver cirrhosis and a history of HCC therapy; and had higher values of total bilirubin, hyaluronic acid, Fib-4 index, and AFP before therapy and at the end of treatment and lower platelet counts and albumin levels than those without any tumors (Table 1). Here, FBL is linked to cirrhosis of liver.