The two groups did not differ significantly in sex distribution, age, Barcelona Clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage, serum albumin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), total bilirubin, α-fetoprotein (AFP), tumor number, tumor capsular, portal vein tumor thrombus, microvascular invasion, or satellite nodules. This evidence concerns the gene AFP and liver cancer.