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Article: Liver Ca more aggressive in hepatitis B patients.(Gastroenterology)(cancer)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- May 15, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients with underlying viral hepatitis B are likely to present with hepatocellular carcinoma at a younger age and in better overall health than are patients with hepatitis C, but their tumors tend to be larger and more aggressive.
Important distinctions in the characteristics of liver cancer patients emerged when Dr. Spiros P. Hiotis of the department of surgery at New York University and associates examined the records of 127 patients diagnosed at the university medical center during a 12-year period.
Dr. Hiotis presented the results at a symposium sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Of 89 patients with ...