Prevention of primary liver cancer by immunization
Zuckerman, A.J.
Cancer Detection and Prevention 14(2): 309-315
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0361-090X PMID: 2695249 Document Number: 341198
Primary liver cancer is one of the ten most common cancers of man and approximately 80% of cases are associated etiologically with infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), often early in life. Infection with HBV is now preventable by active immunization, so that large-scale immunization programs will prevent the initial infection and the development of persistent infection and the carrier state, the most important risk factor in hepatocarcinogenesis.