AFP and neoplasm: Among patient characteristics, the following factors entered the univariate survival analysis and demonstrated no statistical significance: age (P = 0.291), gender (P = 0.319), hepatitis B virus (HBV) (P = 0.372), long-term drinking (P = 0.693), AFP value (P = 0.237), tumor size (P = 0.17), histological grading (P = 0.076), staging (P = 0.818), tumor infiltration/compression of the vasculature (P = 0.931), tumor microvascular invasion (P = 0.116), and tumor liver capsule invasion (P=0.47).