Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is reported to be the fifth most common cancer in the world . Moreover, the mortality of HCC is the third highest among all cancers,only behind lung and colon cancer. The incidence rates of HCC have increased in recent years in China and is over that in Africa, becoming the highest in the world. The mortality rates of HCC in China have also increased since 1990s and is now the second highest among all cancers. Liver resection is the potentially curative therapy. However,...