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Hepatitis C virus, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Salvatore De Vita,
Vittorina Zagonel,
Antonio Russo,
Maurizio Rupolo,
Renato Cannizzaro,
G.B. Chiara,
M Boiocchi,
Antonino Carbone,
Silvia Franceschi
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1532-1827
pISSN - 0007-0920
DOI - 10.1038/bjc.1998.338
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , lymphoma , medicine , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis virus , virus , hepatitis , carcinoma , non hodgkin's lymphoma , viral disease , pathology , virology , gastroenterology
In a case-control study in northeastern Italy hepatitis C virus infection seemed to increase by about 50-fold the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the liver and major salivary glands (i.e. larger than that for hepatocellular carcinoma) and by about fourfold the risk of lymphomas at other sites.

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