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The etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma and effects for treatment

Contents HCV Infection Hepatocellular Carcinoma HCV Infection HCV infection causes chronic inflammation, cell dying, proliferation, and cirrhosis from the liver [26]. Thus, HCV-related HCC is located almost solely in patients with cirrhosis [26]. The danger for developing HCC is ∼17-fold greater in HCV-infected patients [28], even though this risk varies with respect to the amount …