The clinical information of 242 HCC patients who meet the criteria in the GSE14520 dataset includes age, ALT (>/<=50 U/L), main tumour size (>/<=5 cm), multinodular cirrhosis, TNM staging, BCLC staging, CLIP staging and AFP (>/<=300 ng/ml) were included in the analysis. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and hepatocellular carcinoma.