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Spontaneous clearance of high-titer serum HBV DNA and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Chinese population.
- Source :
- Cancer Causes & Control; Dec2003, Vol. 14 Issue 10, p995-1000, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers with high-titer viremia (>10(5) virions/ml) are at increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between clearance of high-titer viremia and subsequent risk of HCC. The study population was a prospective cohort of 114 adults from Haimen City, China, all HBV DNA(+) at study entry and followed for 797.8 person-years in total. During follow-up, 54 (47.4%) subjects spontaneously cleared high-titer viremia at least once. Of these, 27 were considered to have undergone stable seroconversion, 16 were considered unstable (12 reversions to HBV DNA positivity and 4 multiple clearances), and 11 did not have sufficient follow-up to determine stability. Of the 114 persons, 26 (22.8%) died during follow-up, 21 (18.4%) from HCC. Using Cox proportional hazards models, the RR of HCC death associated with seroconversion was 2.8 (95% CI = 1.1-7.4), controlling for age, sex, family HCC history, history of acute hepatitis, alcohol use and cigarette smoking. In conclusion, fluctuations of high-titer viremia may indicate increased hepatocellular damage and at least short-term increases in HCC risk. Long-term longitudinal studies are needed to clarify this relationship and its potential usefulness as a prognostic marker in chronic HBV infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DNA analysis
CARRIER state (Communicable diseases)
COMPARATIVE studies
ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay
HEPATITIS viruses
HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma
LIVER tumors
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
POLYMERASE chain reaction
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
TRANSFERASES
VIRAL load
EVALUATION research
PROPORTIONAL hazards models
CASE-control method
VIREMIA
CHRONIC hepatitis B
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09575243
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cancer Causes & Control
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119415796