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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on April 8, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(8):528-529; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn120
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Hepatitis B Virus–Induced Liver Cancer in Asian Americans: A Preventable Disease

Gail McBride

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During his years in the U.S. and Hong Kong, Samuel So, M.B., professor of surgery and director of the liver cancer program at Stanford University School of Medicine, has seen both too much and too little: too much liver cancer caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and too few efforts to stop it.


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  		Samuel So, M.B.

 
"This is the most neglected global epidemic," So said.

To address this problem—particularly among Asian Americans, who suffer disproportionately from HBV infection and liver cancer compared with other U.S. groups—So and his colleagues have launched programs to raise awareness of the cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Understanding HBV-lnduced Liver Cancer


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