Letter: Rethinking the lower incidence of HCC in HIV-infected patients- A closer look at confounding factors

Guang-Zhao Shao¹, Wei Zhang², Yi-Fan Wu², Zhong-Qi Fan¹, Tian Yang^{1

3}, Guo-Yue Lv¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
³ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Navy Medical University (Second Military Medical University), Shanghai, China.

Comment

Guang-Zhao Shao et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;58(9):956-957.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17689.

Guang-Zhao Shao¹, Wei Zhang², Yi-Fan Wu², Zhong-Qi Fan¹, Tian Yang^{1

3}, Guo-Yue Lv¹

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
³ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Navy Medical University (Second Military Medical University), Shanghai, China.

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Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and mortality in chronic viral hepatitis in an Asian population with and without HIV infection.
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