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New data presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 found a link between chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and progression to cancers other than hepatocellular carcinoma. The study found that a higher risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and Cholangiocarcinoma was associated with HBV infection in the presence of higher levels of viral replication.

Findings published in today's issue of Cancer Cell show that an experimental compound designed by a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College, the University of Maryland and the Ontario Cancer Center at the University of Toronto may effectively block the cancer-causing actions of BCL6 by attaching to a critical "hot spot" on its surface, thus killing off the cancer cells.