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Author Topic: Hep C Linked With Higher Overall Cancer Rate (Not Just in the Liver!)  (Read 6351 times)

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Researchers recently conducted a retrospective study of all the cancer diagnoses among adults in the Kaiser Permanente, Southern California, health care system. Here's what they found:

Considering all cancers, people with hepatitis C had a cancer rate 2.5 times greater than those without the virus.  When factoring out liver cancer, HCV-positive people STILL had nearly twice the rate of cancer as HCV-negative people.

For more info: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/cancer_rates_2501_27120.shtml

 


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