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Reports outline life sciences study results from S.X. Hsu et al

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 22nd, 2010

A report, 'A 70-year-old woman with 10 years of markedly elevated alpha-fetoprotein measurements,' is newly published data in Seminars In Liver Disease. According to a study from the United States, "The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is growing dramatically in the Western world. It is currently the fifth most common cancer worldwide, and the third most common cause of death from cancer."

"Studies clearly demonstrate that surveillance programs can increase the proportion of HCCs that are detected at an early stage, and improved therapeutic modalities, applied to early stage HCCs, improve cure rates and duration of survival in noncurable cases. What...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-03-22)

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