Limiting Carcinogen Exposure Could Mitigate Liver Cancer Risk for People with HBV Infection

Limiting carcinogen exposure could mitigate liver cancer risk for people with HBV infection

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is known to be associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but how and why they are connected remains unknown.

Study identifies ways to lower risk of liver cancer for people with hepatitis B infection

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is known to be associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but how and why they are connected remains unknown. Researchers from Mass General Brigham discovered that HBV does not cause liver inflammation or cancer on its own, but worsens liver inflammation and may make patients more susceptible to early cancer development caused by environmental carcinogens. Limiting carcinogen exposure or reducin…

Known Carcinogen Raises Liver Cancer Risk in HBV Patients

Researchers at Mass General Brigham in Boston, Massachusetts, have discovered that a common carcinogen can cause liver cancer in patients with a hepatitis B virus (HBV)  infection by modulating the immune response. They also found that, unlike previously thought, an HBV infection does not directly cause liver inflammation or liver cancer but rather makes patients more susceptible to developing liver cancer when exposed to certain carcinogens. He…