All the news Showing 10 of 111 articles from: Disease course and symptomsGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources HCV therapy with SVR reduces the risk of several non-liver-related diseases commonly seen in people with chronic HCV Michael Carter / 06 July 2017 The risk of several non-liver complications associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is reduced after interferon-based treatment that achieves a sustained virological response (SVR), investigators from the United ... Albumin reduces complications and improves survival in people with decompensated cirrhosis Liz Highleyman / 08 May 2017 Long-term administration of human albumin was associated with fewer serious complications, less hospitalisation, better quality of life and longer survival for people with decompensated liver cirrhosis, according to a report at the International ... Nivolumab increases survival for people with advanced liver cancer Liz Highleyman / 22 April 2017 The checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) produced durable responses, prolonged overall survival, and was generally well tolerated as a treatment for advanced liver cancer that did not respond to standard treatment, researchers reported on ... Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C not linked to higher liver cancer risk in most studies Liz Highleyman / 21 April 2017 People with hepatitis C who take treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) do not appear to have a higher risk of developing liver cancer compared to those treated with interferon, and the seemingly higher ... Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of short-term death in people with decompensated cirrhosis Keith Alcorn / 20 April 2017 Long-term prophylaxis with the antibiotic norfloxacin significantly reduced the incidence of deaths in people with decompensated cirrhosis over a six-month follow-up period, a French randomised trial reported today at the International Liver Congress ... Statins reduce risk of decompensation for people with HCV- and HBV-related cirrhosis Michael Carter / 18 April 2017 Treatment with statins reduces the risk of decompensated liver disease for people with cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), investigators from Taiwan report in the online edition ... Co-infection with HCV increases cancer risk for people with HIV Michael Carter / 28 March 2017 People with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection have an increased risk of non-AIDS-defining cancers compared to people with HIV mono-infection, investigators from Spain report in the online edition of AIDS. Even ... Results of US research suggest all people with chronic HCV need treatment to reduce mortality risk Michael Carter / 22 March 2017 All people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should start therapy with direct-acting antivirals, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests. Investigators from the United States found that individuals ... Two-thirds of people with HIV/HCV co-infection in Southeast Asia in need of HCV therapy Michael Carter / 15 March 2017 Almost two-thirds of people with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in Asia are in need of HCV therapy with a fifth of people having cirrhosis, investigators report in the Journal of Viral ... HCV infection increases risk of several non-liver-related cancers in elderly people Michael Carter / 09 March 2017 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a range of non-liver-related cancers, investigators from the United States report in Cancer. The study population comprised over 1.6m elderly people with cancer and ... ← Prev1...23456...12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive