Hepatitis C virus genotype 1b as a major risk factor associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: A seventeen-year prospective cohort study

Bruno, Savino; Crosignani, Andrea; Maisonneuve, Patrick; Rossi, Sonia; Maria Silini, Enrico; U. Mondelli, Mario

doi:10.1002/hep.21826

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Hepatitis C virus genotype 1b as a major risk factor associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: A seventeen-year prospective cohort study

Published in Hepatology • Aug 6, 2007

Authors:

Savino Bruno

Andrea Crosignani

Patrick Maisonneuve

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent cause of death in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced cirrhosis. Despite a number of studies in different populations worldwide suggesting an association between HCV genotype 1 and the risk of HCC, no consensus has emerged yet...

Subject

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Medicine

Internal medicine

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