The risks of hepatocellular carcinoma development after HCV eradication are similar between patients treated with peg-interferon plus ribavirin and direct-acting antiviral therapy.

The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development is reduced following viral elimination by interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients. However, the risk in patients treated with interferon-free direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) is unknown. We evaluated chronic hepatitis C patients who ac...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Yuko Nagaoki, Michio Imamura, Hiroshi Aikata, Kana Daijo, Yuji Teraoka, Fumi Honda, Yuki Nakamura, Masahiro Hatooka, Reona Morio, Kei Morio, Hiromi Kan, Hatsue Fujino, Tomoki Kobayashi, Keiichi Masaki, Atsushi Ono, Takashi Nakahara, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Yoshiiku Kawakami, C Nelson Hayes, Daiki Miki, Hidenori Ochi, Kazuaki Chayama
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182710&type=printable