Study May Lessen Controversy Over DAAs’ Relationship to Liver Cancer

Friday, June 29, 2018

Study May Lessen Controversy Over DAAs’ Relationship to Liver Cancer

Clinical Oncology News

Study May Lessen Controversy Over DAAs’ Relationship to Liver Cancer

Washington—Eradication of chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus with the new class of antiviral agents is associated with a 71% reduction in the risk for de novo liver cancer, according to a large retrospective cohort study involving the Veterans Affairs health care system.

The findings should provide some assurance for patients taking direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), according to lead study author George Ioannou, BMBCh, MS, the director of hepatology at Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, in Seattle.

Continue to article: http://www.clinicaloncology.com/Other-Solid-Tumors/Article/06-18/DAAs-Linked-to-Less-Liver-Cancer/50062

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