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Hepatitis C May Increase Risk for Kidney Cancer
November 26th, 2008
Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital have found that chronic hepatitis C, an inflammation of the liver caused by a viral infection, may increase the risk for kidney cancer. Using administrative data from Henry Ford Health System, physicians found that 4.3% of kidney cancer cases diagnosed between 1997 and 2007, tested positive for the hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV). This compares to approximately 1.6% of the US population who test positive. "We next looked at the incidence of renal cell carcinoma among hepatitis C-infected patients over a 10 year period and found that it was significantly higher than among uninfected individuals," says Stuart C....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-26)
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