Article
Hepatitis C virus genotype 1b increases cumulative lifetime risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Lee Mei-Hsuan, Yang Hwai-I, Lu Sheng-Nan, Jen Chin-Lan, You San-Lin, Wang Li-Yu, L'Italien Gilbert, Chen Chien-Jen, Yuan Yong
Abstract excerpt
The association between subtypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remained inconclusive and evaluated in both case-control and cohort studies. In the case-control study, 397 HCC cases from medical centers were compared with 410 community-based non-HCC controls. All of them were anti-HCV-seropositive, HBsAg-seronegative with serum HCV RNA levels ≥1,000 IU/mL. Logistic...
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