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. 1998 Jun;77(11):2032–2035. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1998.338

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

S De Vita, V Zagonel, A Russo, M Rupolo, R Cannizzaro, G Chiara, M Boiocchi, A Carbone, S Franceschi
PMCID: PMC2150369  PMID: 9667688

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.

Keywords: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis C virus, liver, salivary glands

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