CXCL12 and neoplasm: The expression level of CXCL12 was also correlated with tumor adjacent hepatic tissue inflammation (p = 0.036), fibrosis Ishak score (p = 0.05), and tumor sample type (p = 4.632E-35), while the expression of IL7R was involved in new tumor events after initial treatment (p = 0.013), tumor pathologic stage (T stage; p = 0.013), tumor stage simplified (p = 0.006), and tumor sample type (p = 4.53E-6) (Figures 4C, D).