Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considered as the primary malignancy of the liver that usually occurs on top of chronic viral hepatitis. The TP53 (tumor protein 53) is a tumor suppressor gene which is the key in tumor development and progression and the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the p53 gene codon 72 (p53Arg/Pro) changes the structure of the protein. ... إقراء المزيد