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Synergistic Effects of Family His... [Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

2013 May 10. pii: S1542-3565(13)00618-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.04.043. [Epub ahead of print]

Synergistic Effects of Family History of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis B Virus Infection on Risk for Incident Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Loomba R, Liu J, Yang HI, Lee MH, Lu SN, Wang LY, Iloeje UH, You SL, Brenner D, Chen CJ.

Source

Division of Gastroenterology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Epidemiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Electronic address: roloomba@ucsd.edu.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

& Aims: Little is known about the effects of family history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on hepatitis B progression or risk of HCC. We examined how family HCC history, and presence or stage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, affect risk for HCC.

METHODS:

We performed a population-based cohort study of 22,472 participants from 7 townships in Taiwan who underwent evaluation for liver disease from 1991 through 1992. Those who received a first diagnosis of HCC from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 2008 were identified from the Taiwanese cancer registry.

RESULTS:

There were 374 cases of incident HCC over 362,268 person-years of follow-up. The cumulative risk of HCC in HB surface antigen (HBsAg) sero-negative patients without a family history of HCC was 0.62%, in those with a family history was 0.65%, in HBsAg sero-positive patients without a family history of HCC was 7.5%, and in HBsAg sero-positive patients with a family history was 15.8% (P<.001). The multivariate-adjusted hazard ratio for HBsAg seropositive individuals with family history, compared with HBsAg sero-negative individuals without family history of HCC, was 32.33 (95% confidence interval, 20.8-50.3; P<.001). The relative excess risk due to interaction was 19, the attributable proportion was 0.59, and the synergy index value was 2.54. These findings indicate synergy between family HCC history and HBsAg serostatus. The synergy between these factors remained significant in stratification analyses by HBeAg serostatus and serum level of HBV DNA.

CONCLUSIONS:

Family history of HCC multiplies the risk of HCC at each stage of HBV infection. Patients with a family history of HCC require more intensive management of HBV infection and surveillance for liver cancer.
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