PCNT and hepatocellular carcinoma: In addition, the Cox hazard regression analyses suggested that high PCNT mRNA was an independent prognostic factor for OS (P = 0.039, HR (95% CI): 1.547 (1.065–3.601)) and RFS (P = 0.019, HR (95% CI): 1.616 (1.083–2.412)) of patients with HCC (Table 2).