Oncology Reviews (Dec 2011)

Hepatitis B virus genotype and mutants and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Camillo Porta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/oncol.2008.129
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3

Abstract

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In the August issue of the authoritative Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a research group from Taiwan reported the results of a huge study aimed at assessing a possible association between Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and common variants in the precore and basal core promoter (BP) regions and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...