Optimal duration of the early and late recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy

Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier analysis of the interval between the initial hepatectomy and recurrence. The minimum P value approach indicated that the most significant cut-off value for the interval prior to recurrence time was 17 mo. OS: Overall survival.

Figure 2 Comparison of the overall survival curves after initial hepatic recurrence for the early and late recurrence groups. The overall survival (OS) after initial recurrence in the late recurrence group was significantly better than that of the early recurrence group (5-year OS after initial recurrence: 36.3% vs 15.4%, P = 0.000018).