title: Clinicopathologic comparison of hepatitis B virus-related and hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: 137 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with cirrhosis that had undergone resection between 1991-95 have been analyzed. One hundred and three had hepatitis C (positive for anti HCV alone) and 34 hepatitis B (positive for HBsAg alone). The hepatitis C cases were older and were associated with more severe cirrhosis. The tumors from hepatitis B cases were on average larger and histologically less-differentiated, and were more likely to occur in the background of macronodular cirrhosis than hepatitis C cases.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sueda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojiro