Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Are at an Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study in Taiwan

Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Are at an Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study in Taiwan

AimStudies evaluating colorectal cancer (CRC) risk associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are limited.MethodsIn this case-control study, we identify 67,670 CRC cases newly diagnosed from 2005 to 2011 and randomly selected 67,670 controls without HCV and CRC from the same database,...

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Main Authors: Fu-Hsiung Su, Chyi-Huey Bai, Thi Nga Le, Chih-Hsin Muo, Shih-Ni Chang, Arlene Te, Fung-Chang Sung, Chih-Ching Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
colorectal cancer
population-based
case-control study
insurance data
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.561420/full

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