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Advanced Liver Disease Main Forums => Advanced Liver Disease => Topic started by: Hep Editors on June 21, 2017, 09:57:44 am
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People with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are much less likely to achieve a cure through direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment if they have hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, the most common form of liver cancer) compared with those who do not have liver cancer at the time of HCV treatment, Healio reports.
Publishing their findings in the Journal of Hepatology, researchers at Northwestern University analyzed data on 419 patients with cirrhosis who had received DAA treatment for hep C between January 2014 to November 2015.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/liver-cancer-greatly-compromises-hepatitis-c-cure-prospects