According to Nakano and coworkers, elevated levels of AFP (>24.1ng/ml) and exosomal miR-92b (>23.4-fold change) in HCC patients before LDLT is one of risk factors for early recurrence of HCC after transplantation and the accuracy of prediction was great with the area under the curve (AUC) values reaching 0.760. Here, AFP is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.