Open AccessDevelopment of pancreatic cancer during observation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Wataru Gonoi,
Hidemi Okuma,
Taiyu Hayashi,
Masaaki Akahane,
Yousuke Nakai,
Ryosuke Tateishi,
Suguru Mizuno,
Yuichi Suzuki,
Minoru Mitsuda,
Kyoko Matsuda,
Keiichi Nakagawa,
Hiroyuki Isayama,
Kiyoshi Miyagawa,
Kazuhiko Koike,
Osamu Abe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_56_19
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , retrospective cohort study , hepatocellular carcinoma , cancer , cohort , cumulative incidence , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , hepatitis b virus , risk factor , cohort study , oncology , virus , immunology , physics , optics
We aimed to investigate incidence, characteristics, and possible risk factors of pancreatic cancer in patients under observation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) because the association of hepatitis virus B infection and pancreatic cancer has been reported.