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Currently, 5-year survival rates exceed 60%; less for certain conditions (e.g., chronic hepatitis B, hepatocellular carcinoma).

For a more detailed discussion, see Mailliard ME, Sorrell MF: Alcoholic Liver Disease, Chap. 363, p. 2052; Bacon BR: Cirrhosis and Its Complications, Chap. 365, p. 2058; Chung RT, Dienstag JL,: Liver Transplantation, Chap. 368, p. 2067, in HPIM-19.

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Section 11. Gastroenterology