SQSTM1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: HCC tissues expressed the significantly highest p62 levels (1.16±1.1) compared to PHCC (0,263±0.1; q = 0.0003) and PM (0.37±0.3; q = 0.006), while PHCC showed the lowest p62 levels statistically significant respect to M (0.47±0.4; q = 0.03).