Abstract: In the NBNC-
HCC group, the determined nucleotide sequences of the
enhancer II/
core promoter/
precore/
core region did not contain any
HCC-associated mutations, whereas 25 of 30 patients in the HBV-
HCC group carried strains with
C1653T,
T1753V, and/or
A1762T/
G1764A mutations.