Undergo testing for the hepatitis

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Patient has been told that she must undergo testing for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and asks her nurse about the reason for the exam. The nurse reflects understanding of this test when she explains that O a positive HCV test is linked to mouth and throat cancer O HCVIs a harntess vius found in eder ndviduat who had iod tanstsans in the 1970s. O HCV can cause heputits and is inked to liver cancen 0 HCVis a tumor-marker indicating iver cancer.

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