In 180 HCC patients who were admitted to Asahikawa Medical College Hospital from 1987 to 1995, 10 patients (6%) had HCC associated with pure alcoholic liver disease (Al-HCC), whereas the HCC in 165 patients was associated with chronic viral liver diseases, in 2 with primary biliary cirrhosis, in 1 each with coexistence of the hepatitis C virus infection and hemochromatosis, and in 2 with cirrhosis of unknown origin.
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Liver diseases