HBE1 and infection: To analyze the prognostic value of chronic HBV infection, seventy-one HBV-positive (HBsAg-positive for current infection or anti-HBs-, anti-HBc-, and anti-HBe-positive for previous infection) and 71 HBV-negative (HBsAg-, anti-HBs-, HBeAg-, anti-HBe-, and anti-HBc-negative) patients with GC were included.