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Hepatitis C virus, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer volume 77, pages 2032–2035 (1998)Cite this article

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In a case-control study in northeastern Italy hepatitis C virus infection seemed to increase by about 50-fold the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the liver and major salivary glands (i.e. larger than that for hepatocellular carcinoma) and by about fourfold the risk of lymphomas at other sites.

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De Vita, S., Zagonel, V., Russo, A. et al. Hepatitis C virus, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma. Br J Cancer 77, 2032–2035 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1998.338

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