Impact of cigarette smoking on outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery in patients with hepatitis B.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cigarette smoking is a potential risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) initiation, partially through interaction with hepatitis B virus (HBV). We examined the hypothesis that cigarette smoking might be associated with HBV-related HCC recurrence and patient surviva...

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Main Authors: Xu-Feng Zhang, Tao Wei, Xue-Min Liu, Chang Liu, Yi Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3893178?pdf=render