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HIV No Longer Linked to Higher Liver Cancer Risk in Those with Hep C
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Hep Editors:
Among people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and compensated cirrhosis (the milder form of the advanced liver disease), HIV coinfection is no longer associated with an increased risk of liver cancer or to a progression to decompensated cirrhosis (the more severe form of the liver disease), according to a new study, Healio reports.
Previous research had led to the common perception that HIV coinfection among those with HCV drove faster progression of liver fibrosis (scarring), which led to higher rates of cirrhosis and decompensation.
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