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Hepatitis C Patients at Risk of Prostate and Renal Cancers and non-Hodgkin's ... - Maine News Online PDF Print
Hepatitis C Patients at Risk of Prostate and Renal Cancers and non-Hodgkin's lym

It is already known that hepatitis C can cause liver cancer, especially if left untreated. Now, a novel study has unveiled that those having hepatitis C are also at the risk of prostate and renal cancers, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

These people are at increased risk to face these problems than the general population who do not have the disease. The researchers have gone through the medical records of cancer diagnosis for patients above 18 year old between 2008 and 2012.

Initially, it was considered that these people were affected by hepatitis C or not. In the same period, at least 145,000 men and women had hepatitis C and more than 13 million people did not. Of the ones who were having the disease, more than 2,000 cancer cases were reported within 5 years. It was equivalent to more than 1,500 per 100,000 people.

If the liver cancer diagnoses are not included then the number reduced to 1,139 per 100,000. As per researchers, the number was still high when compared to non-hepatitis C population. Overall, the risk of develop cancer for those having the virus was at least 2.5 times higher than the general population if liver cancer is included.

If it is not included than at least 2 times. When other factors were included like smoking and alcohol then the risk increased. Hepatitis C is caused by a virus that causes severe inflammation of the liver. Infected blood spreads the disease and there is no known cure for the problem. But there are certain drugs that can delay the advancement.

"The results suggest that cancer rates are increased in the cohort of hepatitis C patients versus the non-hepatitis C patients, both including and excluding liver cancers", said senior study author Lisa Nyberg from the Kaiser Permanente, Southern California.

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