Boutin J P, Botterman F, Alandry G, Cartel J L, Spiegel A, Roux J
Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1990;83(5):596-602.
Thirty-one cases of primary liver cancer recorded since 1980 to 1988 in French Polynesia are studied. Four risk factors are brought to the fore: male, more than 50 years old, birth in Austral archipelago and in this case AgHBs carriage. The relative risk for birth in Austral archipelago reach to 9.23. The relative risk for AgHBs carriers from this archipelago reach to 42.7. Costs of primary liver cancer and to immunization against hepatitis B virus are compared. Authors suggest to start an immunization program.
