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SUBMITTER: Poon RT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4439785 | biostudies-other | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Poon Ronnie Tung-Ping RT Cheung Tom Tan-To TT Kwok Philip Chong-Hei PC Lee Ann-Shing AS Li Tat-Wing TW Loke Kwok-Loon KL Chan Stephen Lam SL Cheung Moon-Tong MT Lai Tak-Wing TW Cheung Chin-Cheung CC Cheung Foon-Yiu FY Loo Ching-Kong CK But Yiu-Kuen YK Hsu Shing-Jih SJ Yu Simon Chun-Ho SC Yau Thomas T
Liver cancer 20150301 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is particularly prevalent in Hong Kong because of the high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection; HCC is the fourth commonest cancer in men and the seventh commonest in women, and it is the third leading cause of cancer death in Hong Kong. The full spectrum of treatment modalities for HCC is available locally; however, there is currently no local consensus document detailing how these modalities should be used.<h4>Summary</h4>In a ser ...[more]