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This article is part of the supplement: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI): Basic, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Research .

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Influence of HIV-related immunodeficiency on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

GM Clifford1, M Rickenbach2, S Franceschi1 and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Coordination and Data Center, Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Lausanne, Switzerland

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from 11th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI): Basic, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD, USA. 6–7 October 2008

Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4(Suppl 2):O6doi:10.1186/1750-9378-4-S2-O6

Published: 17 June 2009

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To investigate HIV-related immunodeficiency as a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among persons infected with HIV, whilst controlling for the effect of frequent co-infection with hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses.


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