Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are serious
health problems worldwide. These two diseases have similar pathological spectra, ranging …

The causal role of human papillomavirus infections in cervical cancer has been documented
beyond reasonable doubt. The association is present in virtually all cervical cancer cases …

Estimates from the year 2000 indicate that liver cancer remains the fifth most common
malignancy in men and the eighth in women worldwide. The number of new cases is …

The authors investigated the dose-effect relation between alcohol drinking and
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in men and women separately, also considering hepatitis B …

OBJECTIVES: Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) include hepatitis B and C
viruses (HBV, HCV), excessive alcohol consumption, rare genetic disorders and …

Liver cancer (LC) ranks fifth in frequency in the world with an estimated number of 437,000
new cases in 1990. In developing countries, incidence rates are two-to three-fold higher …

For the year 2000 it has been estimated that some 564,000 new cases of PLC occurred
worldwide, corresponding to 398,364 in men and 165,972 in women. Table 1 presents the …

More than 18 million adults in the United States abuse alcohol, a prevalence 5 times higher
than that of hepatitis C. Chronic alcohol use of greater than 80 g/day for more than 10 years …

The aim of the study was to assess whether co‐infection by hepatitis‐B virus (HBV) and
hepatitis‐C virus (HCV) is associated with a higher risk of developing hepatocellular …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alcohol has been shown to be an important risk factor for
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The role of tobacco as a risk factor for HCC is …