AEG-1 levels were associated with microvascular invasion (p < 0.001), pathologic satellites (p = 0.007), tumor differentiation (p = 0.002) and TNM stage (p = 0.001) but did not correlate with age, gender, liver cirrhosis, serum α-fetoprotein, tumor diameter, tumor encapsulation or BCLC stage [88]. The gene discussed is MTDH; the disease is neoplasm.