Increased mortality from liver cancer in England and Wales is not related to hepatitis C
Authors:
- Simon D Taylor-RobinsonSTSimon D Taylor-Robinson
- Howard C ThomasHTHoward C Thomas
- Shona AroraSAShona Arora
- Sally HargreavesSally Hargreaves
Abstract
EDITOR—We were surprised to read the letter from Harris and colleagues disagreeing with our findings on mortality from liver cancer since their data and conclusions are similar to our own.1 2 We are agreed that death rates in England and Wales from all causes of malignant tumours of the liver are increasing (ICD-9 (international classification of diseases, ninth revision) …Keywords
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