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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignant tumor among males in Taiwan [1,2]. In a prospective study, the risk of development of HCC for Taiwanese carriers of HBsAg antigen was found to be 200 to 300 times greater than that of non-carriers in 1981 [3]. In addition, the seroepidermiological study strongly supports the association of HBV infection with HCC. Chen [4] had an analysis of DNA extracted from HCC hepatocytes and found chromosomal integration of hepatitis B virus DNA sequences to prove their close relation.
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Ker, CG. (1992). Hepatocellular carcinoma in taiwan. In: Tobe, T., et al. Primary Liver Cancer in Japan. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68177-9_41
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