All the news Showing 10 of 61 articles from: Disease course and symptomsGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources A healthy lifestyle could prevent most liver cancer and liver-related deaths Liz Highleyman / 17 December 2019 A healthy lifestyle, including smoking cessation, moderate drinking, a balanced diet, exercise and weight loss could dramatically reduce the growing burden of liver cancer and deaths due to liver disease, according to a study ... Sustained response to HCV antivirals boosts liver cancer survival Liz Highleyman / 19 November 2019 People with liver cancer who achieved a sustained virological response (SVR) to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C saw a reduction in both liver-related and all-cause mortality over five years, according to ... When is the right time to treat hepatitis C in people with liver cancer? Keith Alcorn / 27 October 2019 Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C need not be delayed until the completion of treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer), but people with hepatitis C need to be warned of a ... US doctors failing to diagnose hepatitis C years after first signs of cirrhosis Keith Alcorn / 23 August 2019 Doctors are failing to test for hepatitis C in up to one in five people who have advanced liver disease despite many years of medical care, and these people are more likely ... Just 18% of people with hepatitis/HIV co-infection and cirrhosis are screened for liver cancer as often as recommended Roger Pebody / 11 June 2019 There is a “strikingly low adherence” to clinical guidelines for ultrasound screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in Western Europe, researchers report in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis.Over years or decades, chronic hepatitis B ... Faecal transplants improve encephalopathy in people with advanced liver disease Liz Highleyman / 24 April 2019 Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), which helps restore a healthy mix of bacteria in the gut, can help reverse brain function impairment in people with liver failure, according to a report at the International ... Higher HIV viral load and lower CD4 count linked to liver cancer risk Liz Highleyman / 14 March 2019 People living with HIV who have a longer duration of detectable viral load and those with low CD4 cell counts have a higher likelihood of developing liver cancer in the absence of ... DAA treatment reduces the risk of death and liver cancer in France Keith Alcorn / 12 February 2019 Treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) reduced the risk of death, liver cancer and death from liver-related causes in French people with hepatitis C, according to results of one of the largest studies ... HIV infection an independent risk factor for poorer survival from liver cancer Michael Carter / 28 January 2019 Infection with HIV is associated with significantly worse survival for people with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, the most common type of primary liver cancer), according to findings from a large international cohort study published in ... Nivolumab works well for liver cancer patients with advanced disease Liz Highleyman / 26 November 2018 Nivolumab (Opdivo), a checkpoint inhibitor that helps the immune system fight cancer, was associated with tumour shrinkage or disease stabilisation in just over half of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with substantial liver function ... ← Prev12345...7Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms Treatment HIV and HBV HCV and HBV Hepatitis delta Living with HBV 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