Abstract Approximately 3.6% of cancers worldwide derive from chronic alcohol drinking,
including those of the upper aerodigestive tract, the liver, the colorectum and the breast …

Primary liver cancer (namely hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC) is worldwide the fifth most
common cancer in men and the seventh one in women, and it represents the third most …

Abstract Introduction The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)
convened an international working party on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma …

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

Risk factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are well documented, but the
synergisms between these risk factors are not well examined. We conducted a hospital …

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 …

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 …

Cancer care has been the subject of increased scrutiny, with the development of care
guidelines forming a major part of the strategy to reduce cancer related mortality in the UK …

Studies based on serologic assays for hepatitis B virus (HBV) have led to the concept that
HBV is eliminated after the resolution of an acute infection, although a chronic carrier state …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major contributor to cancer incidence and mortality.
There is a wide variation, however, in the global distribution of HCC. Eighty percent of the …