Full article at: Cirrhosis and HCC Have Risen Dramatically in Hepatitis C Patients
By: MARY ANN MOON, Internal Medicine News Digital Network
04/01/11
FROM GASTROENTEROLOGY
"The burden of cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma has risen dramatically during the past decade among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, Dr. Fasiha Kanwal and her colleagues reported in the April issue of Gastroenterology.
In a large retrospective cohort study of more than 300,000 patients at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country, the prevalence of cirrhosis and hepatic decompensation doubled – and that of hepatocellular carcinoma increased 19-fold – between 1996 and 2006."
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