In univariate analysis (Table 5), the study found that tumour size (P < 0.001), tumour number (P < 0.001), vascular invasion (P < 0.001), degree of differentiation (P < 0.001), MLR (P < 0.001), NLR (P < 0.001), SIRI (P < 0.001), preoperative AFP (P = 0.035) and BCLC stage (P < 0.001) were factors affecting recurrence-free survival (RFS). This evidence concerns the gene AFP and neoplasm.