Article
Molecular viral oncology of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Oncogene - 11 Aug 2003
Block Timothy M, Mehta Anand S, Fimmel Claus J, Jordan Robert
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer, but the third leading cause of cancer death, in the world, with more than 500,000 fatalities annually. The major etiology of HCC/liver cancer in people is hepatitis B virus (HBV), followed by hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), although nonviral causes also play a role in a minority of cases. Recent molecular studies confirm what was suspected: that...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Liver
- Liver Neoplasms
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Time Factors