University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Hepatitis B exposure may increase risk for pancreatic cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 14th, 2008
The study, published in the Oct. 1 edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, also suggests that patients with this lethal form of cancer treated with chemotherapy may face danger of reactivation of their HBV.
Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in 37,000 people in the United States each year, and more than 34,000 people die of the disease annually, according to the American Cancer Society. It is often diagnosed in the late stages and is especially...
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