6. What is the risk of liver cancer for someone with active chronic hepatitis B?
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We also know, from studies from Taiwan, this
is a publication from Dr. Yang in Taiwan, that there is a higher risk
of liver cancer when the virus is active as shown in the red line.
And this is the cumulative percent
incidence, so this is the new development of liver cancer. It’s much
higher in the e-antigen positive than the e-antigen negative, and it’s
very low, of course, in people who don’t have hepatitis B, as sort of
a comparison group.
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5. What is the natural clearance rate of the surface and e-antigen?
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7. Is the presence of hepatitis B DNA associated with increased risk of liver cancer?
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