Most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are associated with cirrhosis related to
chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Changes in the time …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has shown an intermediate or high endemicity level in low-
income countries over the last five decades. In recent years, however, the incidence of acute …

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission is known to occur through direct contact
with infected blood. There has been some suspicion that the virus can also be detected in …

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is the third leading cause of
cancer deaths worldwide, with prevalence 16–32 times higher in develo** countries than …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: End-stage liver disease accounts for one in forty deaths worldwide.
Chronic infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are well …

Several infectious agents are considered to be causes of cancer in humans. The fraction of
the different types of cancer, and of all cancers worldwide and in different regions, has been …

Primary liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the second leading
cause of cancer mortality. In 2008, there were 749,000 new cases and 695,000 deaths from …

Worldwide, two billion people have been infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), 360 million
have chronic infection, and 600,000 die each year from HBV-related liver disease or …

Health: Deborah Assayag, Elizabeth Barnett, Jennifer Blake, Beverly Brockest, Giovani
Burgos, Glenn Campbell, Andrea Chambers, Angie Chan, Maryann Cheetham, Walter …

The pace of therapeutic advances in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis, such as hepatitis
B and hepatitis C, has accelerated significantly in the past decade. The hepatitis B virus …