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Advanced Liver Disease Main Forums => Advanced Liver Disease => Topic started by: Hep Editors on April 27, 2018, 10:17:50 am

Title: Calculator Predicts Whose Advanced Cirrhosis Will Regress Post–Hep C Cure
Post by: Hep Editors on April 27, 2018, 10:17:50 am
A newly developed scoring system can help predict whether individuals with decompensated cirrhosis (the more severe form of the advanced liver disease) will see their liver damage dial back after being cured of hepatitis C virus (HCV), Healio reports.

Publishing their findings in the journal Gastroenterology, researchers analyzed data on 622 people with advanced liver disease who were treated for hep C with Sovaldi (sofosbuvir)-based regimens in the SOLAR-1, SOLAR-2, ASTRAL-4 and GS-US-334-0125 clinical trials. A total of 502 of these individuals had Child-Pugh Turcotte class B liver disease and 120 had class C liver disease.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/calculator-predicts-whose-advanced-cirrhosis-will-regress-posthep-c-cure
Title: Re: Calculator Predicts Whose Advanced Cirrhosis Will Regress Post–Hep C Cure
Post by: Lynn K on April 28, 2018, 04:21:31 am
Great news. The link to the calculator did not work.