Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Chronic liver disease and primary liver-cell cancer with hepatitis-associated (Australia) antigen in serum.

SHERLOCK, Sheila Patricia Violet Dame (1918 – 2001) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Lancet, 295, 1243-1247. 1970 CE.

(Order of authorship in the original publication: Sherlock, Niazi, Fox...). The authors demonstrated that the hepatitis B virus can cause cancer.
(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

Browse Tags

Microbiology & Virology

Thematic Classifications

HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Liver INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Hepatitis ONCOLOGY & CANCER VIROLOGY › VIRUSES (by Family) › Hepadnaviridae › Hepatitis B Virus

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Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	chronic-liver-disease-and-primary-livercell-cancer-with-hepatitisassociated-australia-antigen-in-serum