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Hepatocellular carcinoma: New and emerging risks.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2010
Sherman Morris
Abstract excerpt
The underlying liver diseases that put patients at risk for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are well known. However, it is equally well known that not all patients with these conditions will develop HCC. Therefore within the disease groups (hepatitis B, cirrhosis, etc.,) there are other factors that indicate greater or lesser risk. Some markers of risk are common to all causes of HCC, such as...
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