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PRIMARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN AUSTRALIA: AETIOLOGICAl CONSIDERATIONS
Author(s) -
McCaughan G.,
Parsons C.,
Gallagher N. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb112117.x
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , hbsag , etiology , medicine , hepatitis b virus , cirrhosis , hepatitis b , alcoholic liver disease , gastroenterology , carcinoma , hepatitis , virus , immunology
This is a study of aetiological associations in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC). Thirty new patients with PHC were seen in a five‐year period. The most common aetiological association was alcoholic cirrhosis. This was implicated in the development of PHC in 13 patients. However, since the introduction of radioimmunoassay for hepatitis B surface antigen (HB s Ag) there have been six patients with HB s Ag‐associated PHC. Thus, for the first time, an association of hepatitis B virus with PHC is described in this country.