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Occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma and decompensation in Western European patients with cirrhosis type B
Giovanna Fattovich,Giuliano Giustina,Solko W. Schalm,Stephanos J. Hadziyannis,José María Sánchez-Tapias,Piero Luigi Almasio,Erik Christensen,Kim Krogsgaard,Françoise Degos,Miguel Carneiro de Moura,Antonio Solinas,Franco Noventa,Giuseppe Realdi +12 more
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High proportion of patients with HBsAg‐positive compensated cirrhosis do not experience worsening of their condition for several years, but once decompensation occurs life expectancy is poor, and European, white patients with compensated Cirrhosis type B are at consistent risk for HCC.About:
This article is published in Hepatology.The article was published on 1995-01-01. It has received 396 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Decompensation & Hepatitis B.read more
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology and Molecular Carcinogenesis
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Clinical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Conclusions of the Barcelona-2000 EASL Conference
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Hepatitis B virus infection.
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Anna S. Lok,Brian J. McMahon +1 more
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Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009
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TL;DR: The 2009 update of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis B is now posted online at www.aasld.org, and the recommendation for first-line oral antiviral medications has been changed to tenofovir or entecavir, and adefovir has been moved to second-line Oral antiviral medication.
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HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND HEPATITIS B VIRUS. A Prospective Study of 22 707 Men in Taiwan
TL;DR: A prospective general population study of 22 707 Chinese men in Taiwan has shown that the incidence of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) among carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is much higher than among non-carriers as discussed by the authors.