… Thus, understanding the role of hepatitis B and C viral infections in HCC development is …
for this cancer. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on hepatitis B and C virus …

… Chronic viral hepatitis, alcohol, metabolic liver diseases such as hemochromatosis and
α1-antitrypsin deficiency, as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may act predominantly …

… , but impaired anti-viral immune response) plays a … hepatitis viruses can also directly drive
liver cancer. The mechanisms by which hepatitis viruses induce HCC include: hepatitis B virus …

… This review highlights the impact of viral hepatitis on the development of liver cancer, the
characteristics of viral hepatitis-related hepatocellular carcinoma, and the challenges that must …

… The association of HBV infection with the occurrence of liver cancer has been well … of
liver cancer in Korea have decreased steadily over the last decade, the presence of hepatitis B …

… Chronic carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers
… The number of patients with cirrhosis caused by chronic viral hepatitis who develop HCC …

… Five prospective studies from Europe and the US have shown that during the first 10–15
years after initial infection, liver cancer is a rare occurrence [39–43]. In patients with hepatitis C, …

… virus 5) and EB virus (human herpes virus 4) are generally excluded from the common definition
of viral hepatitis.… Etiology of Viral Hepatitis Both type A and type B hepatitis take the form …

… Finally, our results indicate that alcoholism does not increase the relative risk linking
chronic viral hepatitis to liver cancer unless and until alcoholism is complicated by cirrhosis. …

… first target-directed drug therapy for liver cancer, and was developed based on understanding
… gap in our ability to mechanistically link chronic viral hepatitis with liver carcinogenesis. …