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Hepatocellular Cancer

New hepatocellular cancer research from A.K. Singal and co-researchers described

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "Prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is high in Saudi Arabia. However, thee relationship between these two presentations is not well studied."

"Medical charts of 170 Saudi HBV patients (70 with HCC and 100 with cirrhosis without HCC) were reviewed. Patients with HCC at presentation were older compared to those with cirrhosis without H CC at presentation (60.9 y vs. 51.2 y; p< 0.05). Right tipper quadrant pain (p < 0.001) and hepatic bruit (p < 0.0001) independently predicted the presence of HCC. Cirrhosis, present, in 76% of HCC patients, remained silent and only...

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