Open AccessHBV infection decreases risk of liver metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer: A cohort study
Author(s) -
Hai Bo Qiu,
Li Yi Zhang,
Zhao Lei Zeng,
Zhi Qiang Wang,
Hui Luo,
Rajiv Prasad Keshari,
Zhi Wei Zhou,
RuiHua Xu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.804
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , metastasis , hazard ratio , hepatitis b , incidence (geometry) , cancer , hepatitis b virus , liver cancer , confidence interval , oncology , immunology , virus , physics , optics
To evaluate the effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on liver metastasis of colorectal cancer.