Additional file 3 shows sixteen miRNA targets (A) RCN1, (B) MMP11, (C) COL14A1, (D) SLC38A9, (E) DKK3, (F) TTLL4, (G) SURF4, (H) TFRC, (I) BCL2L11, (J) PEG10, (K) MEF2C, (L) SYT7, (M) HK2, (N) TTL, (O) RDX, and (P) MSN that were significantly associated with survival in hepatitis-related liver cancer. This evidence concerns the gene SLC38A9 and liver cancer.