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Hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma as a second primary malignancy: exposing an overlooked presentation of liver cancer

INTRODUCTION: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. Antiviral therapy in patients with HCV infection reduces the risk of primary HCC development by 71%–75%. HCV-infected patients with different primary cancers are also at...

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Autores principales: Dandachi, Dima, Hassan, Manal, Kaseb, Ahmed, Angelidakis, Georgios, Torres, Harrys A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123783
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JHC.S164568