Long-term entecavir treatment reduces hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in patients with hepatitis B virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-107

  Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Seko, Yuya ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879607066     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26180     Document Type: Article

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