Hepatocellular carcinoma prevention: A worldwide emergence between the opulence of developed countries and the economic constraints of developing nations

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 7239-7249

  Lodato, Francesca ^a   Mazzella, Giuseppe ^a   Festi, Davide ^a   Azzaroli, Francesco ^a   Colecchia, Antonio ^a   Roda, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prevention programs; Treatment; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INTERFERON; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IODINE 131; POLYPRENOIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOUTH ASIA; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845496094     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i45.7239     Document Type: Editorial

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