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HCV increases general cancer risk

Posted on: 27/04/2015 - 21:26

VIENNA– In addition to dramatically increasing the risk of liver cancer more than 68-fold, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection more than doubl... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ILC: Unrecognized hepatitis C linked with advanced hepatic fibrosis

Posted on: 27/04/2015 - 15:03

VIENNA – Roughly half of American adults with chronic hepatitis C infection are unaware of their infection, and about one-fifth of these people with... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA adds warnings to simeprevir label

Posted on: 16/04/2015 - 19:29

The Food and Drug Administration has approved changes to the warnings and precautions section of the package insert for Olysio (simeprevir). One addi... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Antihistamine drug chlorcyclizine shows promise for treating HCV

Posted on: 08/04/2015 - 19:00

Repurposing the antihistamine medication chlorcyclizine may be a viable option in the treatment of hepatitis C, reported Dr. Shanshan He and coauthors... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA: Avoid using amiodarone with some hepatitis C antivirals

Posted on: 24/03/2015 - 18:12

Taking the antiarrythmic drug amiodarone with the hepatitis C antiviral drugs ledipasvir and sofosbuvir, or with sofosbuvir plus another direct-acting... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ASCEND trial to test HCV treatment in primary care setting

Posted on: 07/03/2015 - 17:22

The new ASCEND trial will examine whether primary care physicians can use a new antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C virus as effectively as special... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Two regimens achieve high response in HCV/HIV coinfection

Posted on: 23/02/2015 - 16:00

Patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C genotype 1 show high response rates to a three-drug regimen of ombitasvir, paritaprevir codosed with rito... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Threefold increase in cirrhosis risk with HCV

Posted on: 04/02/2015 - 15:26

Individuals with hepatitis C infection are three times more likely to develop cirrhosis than are those who are hepatitis C negative, and fibrosis prog... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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