Hepititis B increases risk of stomach cancer

[mike9111]

— Christine M. Kukka, Project Manager, HBV Advocate

Researchers have found higher rates of pancreatic and liver cancer in individuals infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and now a new study finds a 50% increased risk of gastric (stomach) cancer among people with HBV.

According to the study published in the February 2015 issue of the British Journal of Cancer, Chinese researchers compared gastric cancer rates in a group of 580 HBV-infected individuals and a control group of 580 healthy individuals of similar age and gender.

People with chronic hepatitis B had gastric cancer rates that were about 49% higher than the control group. There were higher rates of gastric cancer even in patients with no family history of stomach cancer.

Even patients with resolved hepatitis B infections (who were negative for the hepatitis B surface antigen–HBsAg-negative)–remained at higher risk of gastric cancer than the control group.
"In addition, some synergistic effects between HBV infection and blood type A in gastric cancer were identified," researchers reported, noting that having blood type A appeared to also increase gastric cancer risk.

Researchers called for additional studies and research to determine why hepatitis B increased cancer in the digestive system

[sorte]

After HBsAg loss (because of spontansous sercoconversion of peginf) some cccDNA is lost as well ?

[stef2011]

Or that memeber had nagalase produced by other viruses or cancer cells and not only hbv

[stef2011]

There were also studies about leukemia and other cancers.i think the problem is nagalase produced by hbv which of course suppresses immune system

i noticed a memeber on tdf plus gcmaf and hbsag cleared or aoround 0.05iu/ml having nagalase around 2.

so nagalase may be produced by infected cells or the cccdna left in the liver even after hbsag is cleared and keep immune system suppressed

[sorte]

* with LOTS of antidoxants of course :)

[sorte]

Not all but 3 types when there is over 100 types. Btw "healthy" people get cancer too.
50% more risk is like if normal is for example 10/100 000 than for hbv'ers is 20/100 000.
You have now so many options to make cancer less possible, no smoking, good food with no excess of carbs and with lost of antioxidoxants, supplementation of vitamins like d3 and so on. Also when you have hbv you are scanned more often than regular people and you may find cancer in very early stage.

[Royal36]

So sad all the cancers to word the HBver's! May god protect us from this evil disease.