[Cytological criteria for human hepatic cirrhosis-cancer and hepatic cirrhosis].

Trepan biopsy specimens were studied in 12 patients with hepatic cirrhosis-cancer and in 22 patients with hepatic cirrhosis. Blood antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) or HBsAg were detected in 50% of the patients with hepatic cirrhosis-cancer and in 18.1% of those with hepatic cirrhosis.