Hepatitis C virus, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma

Br J Cancer. 1998 Jun;77(11):2032-5. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1998.338.

Abstract

In a case-control study in northeastern Italy hepatitis C virus infection seemed to increase by about 50-fold the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the liver and major salivary glands (i.e. larger than that for hepatocellular carcinoma) and by about fourfold the risk of lymphomas at other sites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C / complications*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged