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Recent advances in the research of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiologic and molecular biological aspects.
Advances in cancer research - 1 Jan 2010
Kao Jia-Horng, Chen Pei-Jer, Chen Ding-Shinn
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the commonest cancers worldwide, and more than half of HCC patients are attributable to persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. The best and cheapest way to prevent HBV-related HCC is the implementation of universal hepatitis B vaccination program, by which the incidence rates of childhood HCC have been reduced in several countries, including Taiwan. However, there...
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