Objective To explore the effect of surgical comprehensive treatment(SCT) in treating primary liver cancer(PLC).Methods The clinical data of 108 patients with PLC undergoing SCT in XiangYa Hospital from January 1999 to September 2002 were reviewed retrospectively. The SCT including surgical resection ,radiofrequency ablation(RFA),transcatheter hepatic chemo-embolization(TACE),percutaneous ethanol injection(PEI),TACE via drug delivery system(DDS),cryosurgery,biological treatment,etc.Results The postoperative mortality was 0.9%, and the postoperative complications was 18.7%,intrahepatic recurrent rate and remote metastasis within 1 year after SCT were 56.1%,17.9%.The 1-,2-,3-year survival rate after SCT were 79.46%,61.83%,36.61%,respectively.Conclusions Liver resection combined with other treatment methods can cut down the rate of intrahepatic recurrence and remote metastasis, and can improve the tumor-free survival rate and long-term survival.