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Hepatocellular carcinoma among US and non-US-born patients with chronic hepatitis B: Risk factors and age at diagnosis.

Kaitlyn KennedySusan M GrahamNayan AroraMargaret C ShuhartHyang Nina Kim
Published in: PloS one (2018)
African immigrants accounted for a small proportion of HBV-associated HCC cases overall compared with Asians but appeared to have greater likelihood of early-onset HCC. Optimal strategies for HCC prevention in these key subroups with chronic HBV warrant further study.
Keyphrases
  • early onset
  • hepatitis b virus
  • risk factors
  • late onset
  • liver failure
  • gestational age