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Emerging metabolic risk factors in hepatocellular carcinoma and their influence on the liver microenvironment.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease - 1 Feb 2018
Agosti Pasquale, Sabbà Carlo, Mazzocca Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Despite the reducing incidence of chronic hepatitis infections, an unexpected increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has being occurred. This may be explained by the increasing number of HCCs developing on steatosis (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH), related to metabolic risk factors (i.e. diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, metabolic syndrome), which are becoming emerging risk factors for HCC....
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