| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| UICC | International Union Against Cancer |
| ALBI | Albumin-bilirubin |
| NLR | Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio |
| PLR | Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio |
| LMR | Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio |
| SIMs | systemic inflammation markers |
| GPS | Glasgow Prognostic Score |
| HSI | hepatic steatosis index |
| RFA | radiofrequency ablation |
| TACE | trans-arterial chemoembolization |
| BCLC | Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer |
| ECOG | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
| AFP | alpha-fetoprotein |
| PIVKA-II | Protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II |
| OS | overall survival |
| PVI | portal vein invasion |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| CI | confidence interval |