Direct-acting antivirals do not increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after local-regional therapy or liver transplant waitlist dropout

Hepatology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 449-461

  Huang, Annsa C ^a   Mehta, Neil ^a   Dodge, Jennifer L ^a   Yao, Francis Y ^a   Terrault, Norah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEPACIVIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85045775058     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29855     Document Type: Article

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