Open AccessRisk stratification of HCC occurrence after HCV eradication: a complicate plot of risk factors related and unrelated to the previous viral disease
Author(s) -
Valentina Cossiga,
Maria Guarino,
Filomena Morisco,
N. Caporaso
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-389X
pISSN - 2304-3881
DOI - 10.21037/hbsn.2019.11.27
Subject(s) - medicine , risk stratification , disease , stratification (seeds) , hepatitis c , hepatocellular carcinoma , virology , biology , dormancy , germination , botany , seed dormancy
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of leading cause of cirrhosis, that is the strongest risk factor for the development of HCC in Western countries (1,2).
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