Delayed development of hepatocellular carcinoma during long-term follow-up after eradication of hepatitis C virus by interferon therapy

A 42-year-old Japanese man with liver cirrhosis by hepatitis C virus (HCV) had successful interferon therapy in May 1991. Since then, serum HCV-RNA and liver function tests had been negative. He had continued to drink more than 100 g/d of alcohol as before. In June 2003, a 5-cm tumor was found in th...

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Published in:World J Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Ito, Yukiko, Yamamoto, Natsuyo, Nakata, Ryo, Kato, Yoshihisa, Iori, Masashi, Sakai, Keisuke, Takemura, Tamiko, Tateishi, Ryosuke, Yoshida, Haruhiko, Kawabe, Takao, Omata, Masao
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2005
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725085/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16437676
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i45.7218
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