| hepatitis b and c viruses and survival from hepatocellular carcinoma in the arkhangelsk region: a russian registry-based study. | hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. the prevalence of hepatitis b (hbv) and c (hcv) in russia was 7.6 and 5.4 per 100,000, respectively. the aim of this study was to assess the proportion of hcv and hbv infection among hcc patients, to evaluate associations between hcv, hbv and stage of hcc and to compare survival of hcc patients by their hbv/hcv status in the arkhangelsk region of northwest russia. | 2013 | 23687637 |
| a unique seroepidemiological pattern of hbv, hcv and htlv-i in nenets and komi in northwestern russia. | an epidemiological study of hepatitis viruses type b (hbv) and type c (hcv) and human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i) was carried out among 105 residents (male:female=19:86) regarded as nenets partly mixed with komi, in the region of krasnoe, the nenets autonomous district of the arkhangelsk region, in northwestern russia in 2004. blood was drawn from apparently healthy volunteers at ages of 41.6+/-16.5 (range 14-85) years. hbsag, hbsab, hbcab, hbeab and hcv ab were measured by micropartic ... | 2005 | 16235997 |