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Double the Danger for Males: Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer (2 of 2)

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Double the Danger for Males: Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer (2 of 2)

image: This is a photo of liver cancer without androgen receptor (left) and liver cancer with androgen receptor (right). This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 19, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Ming-Heng Wu of National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, and University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., and colleagues, is titled, "Androgen Receptor Promotes Hepatitis B Virus–Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis Through Modulation of Hepatitis B Virus RNA Transcription." view more 

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