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Objective To investigate the prognostic factors of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in the treatment of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 326 HCC patients treated with TACE.Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate the 1-year,2-year and 3-year cumulative survival rates.Log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model were used to analyze univariate and multivariate prognostic factors,respectively.Results The 1-year,2-year and 3-year cumulative survival rate of HCC patient was 73.90％,40.20％and 22.20％,respectively.The median survival time was 21 months.Univariate analysis showed that the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP),gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT),tumor size,tumor number,Child-Pugh grade,Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage,portal vein thrombosis,arteriovenous fistula and distant metastasis were factors affecting the prognosis of HCC patient (all P＜0.05).Multivariate COX regression analysis showed that AFP,GGT,tumor size,tumor number,BCLC stage,arteriovenous fistula were the independent prognostic factors of HCC patients (all P＜0.05).Conclusion AFP,GGT,tumor size,tumor number,BCLC stage and arteriovenous fistula are independent prognostic factors of HCC patients treated with TACE.