All the news Showing 10 of 36 articles from: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources EASL updates liver cancer guidelines at International Liver Congress Liz Highleyman / 13 April 2018 The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) presented updated clinical practice guidelines for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) during a special session at the 2018 International Liver Congress yesterday ... Smoking threatens health gains from hepatitis C treatment, US researchers warn Keith Alcorn / 22 February 2018 People with hepatitis C in the United States are at least three times more likely to smoke than the general population but little is being done to help them stop ... Smoking reduces survival after liver cancer diagnosis for people with viral hepatitis Keith Alcorn / 18 January 2018 People with viral hepatitis who smoked were three times more likely to die after being diagnosed with liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC), according to a study of Swiss patients published ... Daily aspirin therapy linked to lower liver cancer risk Liz Highleyman / 26 October 2017 People with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who took an aspirin a day – often recommended to help prevent cardiovascular disease – had a lower risk of developing liver cancer, according to a ... US FDA approves nivolumab immunotherapy for liver cancer Liz Highleyman / 27 September 2017 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week granted accelerated approval for nivolumab (Opdivo), an immunotherapy drug that restores T-cell anti-tumour activity, for people with hepatocellular carcinoma. Nivolumab, an antibody ... 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 ... Is better treatment reducing liver cancer among people with hepatitis B? Liz Highleyman / 23 February 2017 The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) appears to be decreasing and mortality improving among people with chronic hepatitis B treated with suppressive antiviral therapy, according to studies presented at the recent 2016 AASLD ... Liver cancer risk will remain elevated for people with cirrhosis cured of hepatitis C Keith Alcorn / 16 November 2015 The burden of liver cancer and cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C is likely to continue to grow in the United States despite curative treatment for hepatitis C, and people who have cirrhosis ... Hepatitis B treatment with entecavir or tenofovir lowers, but does not eliminate, liver cancer risk Liz Highleyman / 11 November 2013 Long-term treatment with entecavir can reduce the likelihood that people with chronic hepatitis B will develop hepatocellular carcinoma, according to findings presented last week at The Liver Meeting 2013, the 64th annual meeting ... Decompensated cirrhosis increases risk of liver cancer for people with HIV and viral hepatitis co-infection Michael Carter / 10 September 2013 There is a relatively low incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among people living with HIV who have liver cirrhosis, results of a prospective Spanish study published in the online edition of the ... ← Prev1234Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C 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