Overall, those studies shows that CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL5, CXCL6, CXCL7, CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL12, CXCL14, CXCL16 and CXCL17 may be novel prognostic markers of HCC. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL17 and hepatocellular carcinoma.