Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection can be complicated with liver cirrhosis and subsequently hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC develops at an annual rate of 1% to 4%, although higher rates up to 7% have been reported in Japan. Recently; Reig et al; noticed that there was an unexpected high rate of early tumor recurrence in patients with HCV-related HCC undergoing interferon-free therapy (1). After this report; many publications have discussed the issue of HCC development and recurrence in HCV patients treated with interferon free regimens. Results of these trials are controversial with no definite conclusion till today. There is an unmet need for further study the effect of interferon free regimens on development of de novo HCC, recurrence of HCC and behavior of HCC in chronic HCV patients.