High body mass index and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

Zheng Wang^{1

2}, Han Zhang¹, Jun Han¹, Meng-Chao Wu¹, Tian Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Comment

Zheng Wang et al. Gut. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;67(8):1555.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314259. Epub 2017 Jun 7.

Zheng Wang^{1

2}, Han Zhang¹, Jun Han¹, Meng-Chao Wu¹, Tian Yang¹

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; OBESITY.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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