Male sex, age, cirrhosis, and HB s Ag are the major risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). The geographic distribution of HCC is highly uneven, such that three distinct …

Chronic microbial infections and/or their carrier state have been reported to be associated
with particular cancers. Since typhoid infections and carcinoma of the gallbladder (the site …

Background To date, no attempt has been made to systematically determine the
apportionment of the hepatocellular carcinoma burden in Europe or North America among …

During a 4‐year period from January 1995 to December 1998, blood samples and
questionnaire data were obtained from 333 incident cases of hepatocellular carcinoma …

Estimations of the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for the period 1968-74 in
the Province of Inhambane, Mozambique, have been calculated and together with rates …

Background Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a predisposition to leukemia and
possibly other cancers and excess mortality from other conditions, but information on the …

Background—Standard treatment of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma has not been
established. Somatostatin has been shown to possess antimitotic activity against a variety of …

Among 116 patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and biopsy-proved chronic liver
disease, the prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen (HB e Ag) in serum was higher in the cases …

This chapter will deal only with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most frequent
malignant tumor of the liver. Worldwide, HCC is the seventh most common form of cancer in …

In a prospective study of 613 patients with cirrhosis of different aetiological types increasing
age, male sex, and non-UK nationality were found to be significant independent risk factors …