Article
Hepatitis B virus-induced oncogenesis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2007
Lupberger Joachim, Hildt Eberhard
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world with an annual incidence of more than 500000 in the year 2000. Its incidence is rising in many countries. Recently, it has been estimated that about 53% of HCC cases in the world are related to hepatitis B virus (HBV)....
Topics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Oncogenic Viruses
- Protein Precursors
- Risk Factors
- Trans-Activators
- Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins