CENPF and hepatocellular carcinoma: 58 Based on TCGA datasets, uni-cox and mult-cox analysis was performed to figure out that the CENPF expression and pTNM stage might be independent prognostic factors in HCC patients. Hence, we assumed that CENPF may be emerging as a biomarker to distinguish HCC from normal livers, but further studies should be conducted to discriminate benign liver lesions from normal livers.