Occurrence and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Were Not Rare Events during Phlebotomy in Older Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients

Occurrence and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Were Not Rare Events during Phlebotomy in Older Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients

The use of phlebotomy is relatively common for ‘difficult-to-treat by antiviral therapies' hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients and for certain patients having chronic liver diseases with an iron overload of the liver. In the present study, we retrospectively analyzed patients treated with...

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Main Authors: Tatsuo Kanda, Shingo Nakamoto, Shin Yasui, Masato Nakamura, Tatsuo Miyamura, Shuang Wu, Xia Jiang, Makoto Arai, Fumio Imazeki, Osamu Yokosuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Adverse events
Hepatitis C virus
Hepatocellular carcinomaNonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Phlebotomy
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362869

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