Introduction: By using capillary gel electrophoresis, we found that it was the short fragment, rather than larger fragment, contributing to the association of
Pre-S deletion with
HCC., In addition to the above novel findings, we also verified the association of some known HBV mutations, such as HBV
pre-S2 start codon mutation,
C1653T and
T1753C, with
HCC in Qidong.