Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurs at an Earlier Age in Africans, Particularly in Association With Chronic Hepatitis B

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
² School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
³ Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁵ School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
⁷ CHU de Cocody, Mermoz, Abidjan, IvoryCoast.
⁸ National Centre for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (NCGLD), Ibn Sina Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁹ School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
¹⁰ Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
¹¹ Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria.
¹³ University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
¹⁴ University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
¹⁵ Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre, Arusha, Tanzania.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁷ Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Multicenter Study

Ju Dong Yang et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;110(11):1629-31.

doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.289.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
² School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
³ Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁵ School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
⁷ CHU de Cocody, Mermoz, Abidjan, IvoryCoast.
⁸ National Centre for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (NCGLD), Ibn Sina Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁹ School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
¹⁰ Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
¹¹ Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria.
¹³ University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
¹⁴ University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
¹⁵ Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre, Arusha, Tanzania.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁷ Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

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