Smart detectives for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma related to drug-resistant HBV-mutant infection.

• Main Author: Lee, Kar Kei.
• Other Authors: Chen Wei Ning, William
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biosensors
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40195
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Antiviral drug therapy used to treat Chronic Hepatitis B patients at high risk of developing HCC has resulted in drug-resistant HBV mutants, which may lead to a different onset mechanism to HCC. Early detect...