Mortality due to hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis B and C viruses in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Débora Ferro CavalcanteÉrica Marvila GarciaNorma Suely de Oliveira FariasInês Kazue KoizumiGerusa Maria FigueiredoAna Paula Sayuri SatoPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2022)
The downward trend in mortality rates due to HCC associated with HBV shows an important advance in the disease control. However, the mortality rate due to HCC associated with HCV has remained stable throughout the study period. The spatial distribution of deaths may contribute to raise hypotheses for deeper knowledge of these diseases in the regions.