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Hepatitis C virus infection and the risk of cancer among elderly US adults: A registry-based case-control study.

Parag S MahaleHarrys A TorresJennifer R KramerLu-Yu HwangRuosha LiEric L BrownEric A Engels
Published in: Cancer (2017)
HCV is associated with increased risk of cancers other than HCC in the US elderly population, notably bile duct cancers and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. These results support a possible etiologic role for HCV in an expanded group of cancers. Cancer 2017;123:1202-1211. © 2016 American Cancer Society.
Keyphrases
  • diffuse large b cell lymphoma
  • papillary thyroid
  • squamous cell
  • hepatitis c virus
  • childhood cancer
  • hepatitis c virus infection
  • epstein barr virus
  • young adults
  • antiretroviral therapy