Non-viral causes of hepatocellular carcinoma

Figure 1 Average yearly, age-adjusted incidence rates for hepatocellular carcinoma men and women in the United States shown for 3-year intervals between 1976 and 2002. Whites included approximately 25% Hispanics, whereas other race was predominantly (88%) Asian. Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (http://www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Incidence-SEER 13 Regs Public-Use, Nov 2004 Sub (1973-2002 varying), National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released April 2005, based on the November 2004 submission. Reprinted from El-Serag HB, Rudolph KL. Hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology and molecular carcinogenesis. Gastroenterology 2007; 132: 2557-2576, Copyright (2007), with permission from Elsevier[1].