[Hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma]

Ai-wu Sun; Yuan-sheng Chne; Li Li

[Hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma]

Zhongguo Yi Miao He Mian Yi. 2010 Apr;16(2):173-7.

[Article in Chinese]

Authors

Ai-wu Sun¹, Yuan-sheng Chne, Li Li

Affiliation

¹ Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Belting 100050, China.

PMID: 20575275

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most dangerous risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). How HBV infection leads to the occurrence and development of HCC is complicated. It is not only related with physical condition of HBV infection host, environment, HBV genotype, HBV viral load and gene mutation, but also related with age of HBV infection host, types of infection, and host chromosome integration site.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / etiology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / pathology
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Hepatitis B* / complications
Hepatitis B* / epidemiology
Hepatitis B* / prevention & control
Hepatitis B* / transmission
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / epidemiology
Liver Neoplasms / etiology
Liver Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B Vaccines