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Association between Body Mass Index and Diabetes and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Kazuki Ikeda, MD;
- Hiroyuki Marusawa, MD, PhD; and
- Tsutomu Chiba, MD, PhD
- From Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 606-8507.
IN RESPONSE:
We thank Drs. Loomba and Ghany for their comments. As they pointed out, obesity is widely recognized as a significant risk factor for many types of human cancer, including HCC (1). In our paper, we prospectively analyzed the various clinical factors, including anti-HBc positivity, smoking, and alcohol intake, as risks for the occurrence of HCC in Japanese patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
We found that the incidence of HCC in …
