AFP and neoplasm: As shown in Table 3, no significant differences were found upon comparing PMR to sex (P = 0.200), age (P = 0.281), HBV-DNA (P = 0.764), AFP serum level (P = 0.976), tumor number (P = 0.637), tumor size (P = 0.133), vascular invasion (P = 0.488), CTP staging (P = 0.992), or ascites (P = 0.317).