Kim HY, et al. - The effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance was inspected in a hepatitis B-endemic area among patients who were newly diagnosed with HCC between 2005 and 2012 at a single tertiary hospital in Korea. The most common aetiology was found to be hepatitis B, with cirrhosis being present in 78.2%. Compared to the irregular surveillance or nonsurveillance groups, subjects in the regular surveillance group were diagnosed at earlier stages and had a greater chance for curative treatments than the irregular surveillance or nonsurveillance group. A link was brought to light between HCC surveillance with longer survival due to the earlier diagnosis and curative treatment. Findings illustrated that the survival advantage was vital with regular surveillance but not with irregular surveillance.