In a cohort of 887 patients with newly-diagnosed, previously untreated HCC survivors, a dietary quality reflected by the Chinese Healthy Eating Index was related with reduced all-cause and HCC-specific mortality, importantly adjusting for age at diagnosis, energy intake, BMI, smoking, education level, alcohol, alpha feto protein (AFP), Child–Pugh class, disease stage, and treatment [10]. The gene discussed is AFP; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.