| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| DAAs | Direct-acting antiviral agents |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| VIM | Vimentin |
| LI | Labeling index |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| MVI | Microvascular invasion |
| TTPVI | Two-trait predictor of vascular invasion |
| NSTM | Non-smooth tumor margin |
| PTE | Peri-tumoral enhancement |
| qPCR | Quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| CCA | Cholangiocarcinoma |
| CTRL | Control |
| EMT | Epidermal-to-mesenchymal transition |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| FFPE | Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |