Hepatocellular carcinoma: Epidemiology, risk factors and pathogenesis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4300-4308

  Gomaa, Asmaa Ibrahim ^a,b   Khan, Shahid A ^a   Toledano, Mireille B ^a   Waked, Imam ^b   Taylor Robinson, Simon D ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pathogenesis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFESTOL; CAFFEINE; DITERPENE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; ISOFLAVONE; KAHWEOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN PRE S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; AFLATOXIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOYBEAN; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AFLATOXINS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 55949086924     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4300     Document Type: Article

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