https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/537029
Title: | Decreased incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B vaccinees: A 20-year follow-up study | Authors: | MEI-HWEI CHANG You S.-L. Chen C.-J. CHUN-JEN LIU Lee C.-M. Lin S.-M. Chu H.-C. Wu T.-C. Yang S.-S. Kuo H.-S. DING-SHINN CHEN |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Journal Volume: | 101 | Journal Issue: | 19 | Start page/Pages: | 1348-1355 | Source: | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | Abstract: | Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma. This population-based study aimed to investigate whether prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma by the universal Taiwanese HBV vaccine program, launched in July 1984, has extended beyond childhood and to identify the predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma for vaccinated birth cohorts.MethodsData on 1958 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were aged 6-29 years at diagnosis in Taiwan between 1983 and 2004 were collected from two national hepatocellular carcinoma registries. Age-and sex-specific incidence among vaccinated and unvaccinated birth cohorts were analyzed by using Poisson regression models. All statistical tests were two-sided. Records of 64 hepatocellular carcinoma patients and 5524435 HBV vaccinees who were born after the initiation of the vaccination program were compared for HBV immunization characteristics during infancy and prenatal maternal hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and e antigen (HBeAg) serostatus.ResultsHepatocellular carcinoma incidence was statistically significantly lower among children aged 6-19 years in vaccinated compared with unvaccinated birth cohorts (64 hepatocellular cancers among vaccinees in 37709304 person-years vs 444 cancers in unvaccinated subjects in 78496406 person-years, showing an age-and sex-adjusted relative risk of 0.31, P <. 001, for persons vaccinated at birth). The risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma for vaccinated cohorts was statistically significantly associated with incomplete HBV vaccination (for those who received fewer than three doses of HBV vaccine, odds ratio [OR] = 4.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.34 to 7.91); with prenatal maternal HBsAg seropositivity (OR = 29.50, 95% CI = 13.98 to 62.60); with prenatal maternal HBeAg seropositivity (with administration of hepatitis B immunoglobulin at birth, OR = 5.13, 95% CI = 2.24 to 11.71; and without it, OR = 9.43, 95% CI = 3.54 to 25.11).ConclusionThe prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma by this HBV vaccine extends from childhood to early adulthood. Failure to prevent hepatocellular carcinoma results mostly from unsuccessful control of HBV infection by highly infectious mothers. |
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ISSN: | 0027-8874 | DOI: | 10.1093/jnci/djp288 | SDG/Keyword: | hepatitis B surface antigen; hepatitis B vaccine; hepatitis B(e) antigen; adult; article; child; controlled study; female; follow up; health program; hepatitis B; human; incidence; liver cell carcinoma; major clinical study; male; perinatal infection; preschool child; priority journal; risk factor; sex difference; Taiwan; Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatitis B e Antigens; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; Hepatitis B Vaccines; Humans; Incidence; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Mothers; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Registries; Sex Distribution; Taiwan; Young Adult [SDGs]SDG3 |
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