MMP11 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The presence of C allele of rs738792 genotype in homozygous and heterozygous forms (CC+CT) had higher risk of developing PVT, advanced tumor stage, increased focal lesion size >3 cm, increased CLIP score, more advanced Barcelona stage [D] and more advanced liver failure with Child Pugh class [B and C].These results agreed with Wang et al. (2018) who reported that no significant associations between the levels of HCC clinical pathologic markers and genotypes of any MMP-11 SNPs.