Similarly, MRPL9 also had the best diagnostic potency in distinguishing HCC from the healthy (AUC = 0.89) and benign liver disease groups (AUC = 0.812) than AFP (AUC = 0.695, 0.729, respectively) and Ferritin (AUC = 0.734, 0.757 respectively; Supplementary Tables S5–S7). This evidence concerns the gene AFP and hepatocellular carcinoma.