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Mechanisms of Human Hepatocarcinogenesis
1 Sept 2003
Abstract excerpt
The major risk factors and etiological agents responsible for development of hepatocellular carcinoma in humans have been identified and characterized. Among these are chronic infection with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, exposure to aflatoxin B1, and cirrhosis of any etiology (including alcoholic cirrhosis and cirrhosis associated with genetic liver diseases). Both chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis...
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