Javed lqbal Farooqi, Rukhsana Javed Farooqi.
Prevalence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis: An Experience in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;10(2):54-5.

A study was conducted to find out the prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 410 patients of liver cirrhosis. Hepatocellular carcinoma was found in 45 (10.98%) patients with predominance of males. (P < 0.05). Most of HCC patients (77.78%, P < 0.05) were seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV), whereas only 2 patients (4.44%) for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. Eight (17.78%) patients were seronegative for both HBV and HCV infections. Out of these 8 patients, one (2.22%) was associated with hemochromatosis. We concluded that HCC is a common complication of cirrhosis (occurrence rate = 10.98%), specially HCV associated cirrhosis.

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