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Individualized hepatocellular carcinoma risk: the challenges for designing successful chemoprevention strategies.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Mar 2013
Della Corte Cristina, Aghemo Alessio, Colombo Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops in the context of environmental risk factors like chronic viral hepatitis, diabetes and alcohol exposure, often associated to an increased risk of cirrhosis. Antiviral treatments that are effective to counteract hepatitis B and C may also attenuate the risk of tumor development. However, since hepatitis B-related carcinogenesis is promoted independently of the onset of...
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