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Beyond heart health: Could your statin help prevent liver cancer?

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Irun Bhan, MD, Contributor

Irun Bhan, MD, is a transplant hepatologist and physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and his MD degree … See Full Bio
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