AFP and liver cancer: Among these, the most relevant and consistently reported factors in the literature include the following: advanced age, male sex, and alcoholic liver disease [10]; the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system [11]; the Child–Pugh classification, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score [12]; elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels [13]; the Milan criteria [14]; and albumin [15].