http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20062 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/gene-variation-may-elevate-risk-liver-tumor-patients-with-cirrhosis <!--paging_filter--><p>A genetic&nbsp; variation appears to significantly increase the risk that individuals with&nbsp; <a title="" href="http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis/">cirrhosis</a> of the liver will develop <a title="" href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/Patient">hepatocellular carcinoma</a> (HCC), a liver tumor that is the third leading cause of cancer death.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/gene-variation-may-elevate-risk-liver-tumor-patients-with-cirrhosis">read more</a></p> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:13:02 -0500 404132862 20061 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu