Primary Liver CancerEtiological and Progression Factors

Morphology: Morphogenesis and Early Stages of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (W.F. Grigioni, P. Baccarini, E. Berti, and M. Panarelli). Oval Cell Lineage in Chemical Hepatocarcinogenesis (N. Ferry and M.-P. Bralet). Epidemiology: Hepatitis B Virus and Primary Liver Cancer (P.J. Johnson). Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (K. Nishioka). Human Primary Liver Cancer and Hepatitis C Virus in Western Countries and Africa (M. Colombo and R. Romeo). Chemical Carcinogens in Primary Liver Cancer (R. Montesano and G.M. Kirby). Metabolic Liver Diseases and Liver Carcinoma (M. Hadchouel). Hepatitis B and C Viral Infections: Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Virus (G. Fourel and P. Tiollais). Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Genome and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (T. Miyamura). Immunopathogenetic Aspects of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (C. Ferrari, A. Penna, A. Bertoletti, A. Valli, and F. Fiaccadori). Genetic Variability of Hepatitis B Virus: Potential Clinical Implications (D. Kremsdorf and C. Bréchot). Hepatitis B Virus and Primary Liver Cancer in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive and -Negative Patients (P. Paterlini and C. Bréchot). Hepatitis B Virus Transactivator Proteins: The "Trans" Hypothesis of Liver Carcinogenesis (A.S. Kekulé). Animal Models for Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Cancer (M.A. Buendia). Mutant Hepadnaviruses and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (M.C. Kew). Alcohol and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (B. Nalpas). Progression Factors: The Biology of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma (B.I. Carr and G.K. Michaelopoulos). Chromosomal Rearrangements and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Primary Liver Cancer (M. Ozturk). Insulin-like Growth Factor II and Human Primary Liver Cancer (C. Lasserre, E. Cariani, F. Zindy, E. Lamas, and C. Bréchot). Index.