By using multivariate analysis, it showed features such as age (younger than 55 years), positive IL36 staining and lower serum AFP level (≤400 ng/ml), predicted good prognostic capacity; with the univariate analysis, it suggested factors such as male, older than 55 years, with liver cirrhosis, Stage B (according to Child-Pugh classification) and palliative resection predicted poor prognosis (Table 3). Here, AFP is linked to cirrhosis of liver.