TERC and hepatocellular carcinoma: For TERC expression, the data obtained displayed a trend of upregulation in HCC tissues compared with the PT ones (Figure 2a, RQHCC average vs. RQPT average, p-value = ns) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis did not disclose a significant capability in distinguishing HCC from PT tissues (Figure 2c) (AUC:0.51; CI: 0.34–0.67; p-value = 0.89).