Clinical aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan.

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HCC in Japan has very different characteristics from that in other Asian countries. Because, among the Japanese HCC patients approximately 80% of the patients are HCV positive and they are aged over 60 years old. On the other hand, in many Asian countries HBVpositive HCC patients are dominant and their age is younger than the Japanese patients. Early diagnosis of HCC is mainly performed by means of imaging...

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