AFP levels were not significantly associated with the size of the largest HCC lesion (rho: −0.045, p = 0.676; Figure 2A), total tumour diameter (rho: 0.017, p = 0.874; Figure 2B) or the number of HCC lesions (rho: 0.076, p = 0.479). This evidence concerns the gene AFP and hepatocellular carcinoma.