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Role of hepatitis B virus genotypes and quantitative HBV DNA in metastasis and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2008
Huang Yuehua, Wang Zhanhui, An Shengli, Zhou Bin, Zhou Yuanping, Chan Henry Lik-Yuen, Hou Jinlin
Abstract excerpt
Identification of risk factors for recurrence and metastasis of HCC is important for the prognosis of HCC surveillance in chronic HBV infection. In this article, 125 HCC patients recruited were followed up prospectively for tumor metastasis and recurrence for a median of 104 (10-130) weeks. HBV DNA level was detected by LightCycler-based real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction-restriction...
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