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[Molecular genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis].
Ai zheng = Aizheng = Chinese journal of cancer - 1 Jun 2005
Xue Kai-Xian
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major type of primary liver cancer and one of the most frequent human malignant neoplasms. Common risk factors of human HCC include chronic hepatitis virus (HBV and HCV) infection, dietary aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) ingestion, chronic alcohol abuse, and cirrhosis associated with genetic liver diseases. Hepatocarcinogenesis is the result of interaction between hereditary and...
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