The safety and adequacy of resection on hepatocellular carcinoma Jian-Han Chen a, Chang-Kuo We

h i g h l i g h t s ones. ough. Huge HCC (OS), and risk factors were analyzed. Conclusion: Tumor-free margin is an independent risk factor for recurrence but has no impact on OS. ive close follow up, isciplinary approach ited. This is an open nses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver tu-mor [1]. In Taiwan, it is commonly due to chronic hepatitis B infection. Surgery including liver resection and transplantation is the first choice of treatment [2]. However, huge HCC tumors (10 cm in diameter) are often treated non-surgically. The reported 5-year survival rate after trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) for huge HCC tumors is only 7e10 % and the prognosis is worse in patients with poor liver reserve. Nevertheless, surgically treate