There was no significant difference between the TS group and TC group with respect to sex (P=0.94), age (P=0.59), HBV infection (P=0.73), cirrhosis (P=0.74), serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (P=0.42), total bilirubin (P=0.43), white blood cell count (WBC, P=0.09), platelet count (P=0.13) and AFP (P=0.33), transplantation criteria (P=0.73), pathological grade (P=0.41), number of tumors (P=0.52), tumor diameter (P=0.32), encapsulation (P=0.92), BCLC stage (P=0.49), Child-Pugh grade (P=0.62), or immunosuppressant treatment (tacrolimus, P=0.50; sirolimus, P=0.67) (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene AFP and Cirrhosis.