Economic growth leads to increase of obesity and associated hepatocellular carcinoma in developing countries

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer and the third leading cause of cancer related death worldwide. In recent years, the prevalence of HCC has increased in both developing and developed countries. Most HCC cases develop in the presence of advanced chronic li...

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Main Authors: G. Seyda Seydel, Ozlem Kucukoglu, Akif Altinbas, O. Oguz Demir, Sezai Yilmaz, Hikmet Akkiz, Emrah Otan, Jan-Peter Sowa, Ali Canbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119306271