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Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 08/26/2008
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (08/26/2008)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Significance 1

Added text 2 to state that long-term iron depletion for CHC patients has been studied as a modality for lowering the risk of progression to HCC (cited Kato et al. as reference 13).


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1http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/hepatocellular/HealthProfessional
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2http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/hepatocellular/HealthProfessional
/12.cdr#Section_12