Predominant etiologic association of hepatitis C virus with hepatocellular carcinoma compared with hepatitis B virus in elderly patients in a hepatitis B‐endemic area
CancerPublished 1 November 1993
Hyo‐Suk Lee, Chul Ju Han, Chung Yong Kim
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This study assessed the relative etiologic association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) with HCC, according to age‐specific groups, to assess the mean age of patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Abstract
The authors conclude that although HBV infection plays a more important etiologic role in the development of HCC in Korea than does HCV, HCV is no less frequently involved than HBV in the etiology of HCC for patients older than 61 years. Thus, in surveillance programs for the early detection of HCC, closer attention should be directed to the patients with anti-HCV-positivity and chronic liver disease, especially patients older than 61 years, even in a hepatitis-B-endemic area.
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