Hepatitis C virus infection associated with human hepatocellular carcinoma: lack of correlation with p53 abnormalities in Caucasian patients.

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Hepatitis C virus infection associated with human hepatocellular carcinoma: lack of correlation with p53 abnormalities in Caucasian patients.

Cancer - 15 Oct 1998

Pontisso P, Belluco C, Bertorelle R, De Moliner L, Chieco-Bianchi L, Nitti D, Lise M, Alberti A

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BACKGROUND: Several lines of evidence indicate that there is a close association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the role of the virus itself in the development of the disease is not yet well understood. METHODS: In liver samples from 15 anti...

Topics

Adenine
Aged
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Codon
Cohort Studies
DNA, Viral
Exons
Female
Genes, p53
Genome, Viral
Genotype
Guanine
Hepacivirus

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Humans

Liver Neoplasms

Male

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