Family history influences the early onset of hepatocellular carcinoma

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 18; no. 21; pp. 2661 - 2667
• Main Authors: Park, Chung-Hwa, Jeong, Seung-Hee, Yim, Hyeon-Woo, Kim, Jin Dong, Bae, Si Hyun, Choi, Jong Young, Yoon, Seung Kew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 07.06.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age of Onset; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alcoholism - complications; Brief; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnosis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - ethnology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - genetics; Family Health; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Hepatitis B, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications; Humans; Korea; Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis; Liver Neoplasms - ethnology; Liver Neoplasms - genetics; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; 丙型肝炎; 乙型肝炎病毒; 原发性肝癌; 发病; 家族史; 早期诊断; 病毒感染; 肝细胞癌; Korea; Liver cancer; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Epidemiology; Family history

AIM： To evaluate the relationship between a positive family history of primary liver cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） development in Korean HCC patients. METHODS： We studied a total of 2242 patients diagnosed with HCC between January 1990 and July 2008, whose family history of primary liver...