Abstract:Objective To investigate the survival rate of the patients with early recurrence or late recurrence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after radical resection and the difference of survival rate after re-resection. Methods Thirty-five patients with HBV-related HCC treated in our hospital from March 2005 to August 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received radical hepatectomy for the treatment of HCC, and liver re-resection when intrahepatic recurrence was diagnosed during follow-up. Among them, 17 had early recurrence, and 18 had late recurrence. Overall survival (OS) was analyzed between both groups. Results The OS of the late recurrence patients after the first radical resection was better than that of the early recurrence patients (P < 0.05). However, the OS after re-resection was not significantly different between the two groups of patients (P > 0.05). Conclusions The OS is not significantly different after re-resection between the early recurrence patients and the late recurrence patients.