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Alcohol, cofactors and the genetics of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Mar 2008
Yu Mimi C, Yuan Jian-Min, Lu Shelly C
Abstract excerpt
Heavy alcohol consumption, chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or the hepatitis C virus (HCV), tobacco smoking, and diabetes are risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the Los Angeles Non-Asian HCC Study, heavy alcohol intake was shown to exhibit synergistic effects with viral hepatitis (HBV, HCV) and diabetes in the causation of HCC among individuals with joint exposures. Although...
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