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Review
. 1999 Apr 10;353(9160):1253-7.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09148-X.

Hepatocellular carcinoma

D F Schafer  1 , M F Sorrell
Affiliations
Review

Hepatocellular carcinoma

D F Schafer et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for most patients is a terminal complication of chronic inflammatory and fibrotic liver disease. With regrettably few exceptions, treatment is largely palliative, and long-term survival is rare. However, the major causes of HCC worldwide are known and preventable. Hepatitis B and C exist only in man; the viruses have no known non-human reservoirs. Transmission of the viruses can be interrupted by vaccination against hepatitis B virus infection and improvements in medical techniques for hepatitis C, for which no vaccine has yet been developed.

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    Kashyap AS, Kashyap S. Kashyap AS, et al. Lancet. 1999 Jul 17;354(9174):253. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66322-2. Lancet. 1999. PMID: 10421329 No abstract available.
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