Current measures for the primary liver cancer prevention
- Author:
Mao Van Ha
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
liver cancer
- MeSH:
Liver Neoplasms;
Hepatitis B;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;(11):8-10
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In Vietnam, the rate of chronic hepatitis B was very high (15-20%). The rate of chronic hepatitis C (was 2-3%) but increasingly. Especially, these rates among addicts were very high. They were two major causes of the primary liver cancer, followed by alcoholism and use of aflatoxin. Therefore, the program of primary liver cancer prevention should concentrate the hepatitis B and hepatitis C prevention and control a well as risk of alcoholism and use of aflatoxin
