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- Title
Cases of Liver Cancer Reduced in a Younger Population Vaccinated for HBV.
- Abstract
The article discusses a 20-year follow-up study which revealed a significant decline in liver cancer cases among 6- to 19-year-olds who were vaccinated for the hepatitis B virus at birth in Taiwan. It references a study by Mei-Hwei Chang and colleagues which appeared in the September 16, 2009 online issue of the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute." It relates the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among the vaccinated people. It confirms the effectiveness of the universal HBV immunization program in preventing liver cancer.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; HEPATITIS B vaccines; LIVER cancer; CANCER prevention; DISEASE incidence
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2009, Vol 101, Issue 19, p1293
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djp329