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Treatment rates and factors associated with direct-acting antiviral therapy for insured patients with hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma - A real-world nationwide study.

Leslie Y KamYee Hui YeoFan-Pu JiLinda HenryRamsey CheungMindie H Nguyen
Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2023)
DAA treatment remains underutilised in insured patients with HCV-related HCC; fewer than one in four patients received treatment. Seeing a specialist and having decompensated cirrhosis were predictors for DAA treatment; additional efforts are needed to increase awareness of HCV treatment.
Keyphrases
  • hepatitis c virus
  • combination therapy
  • chronic kidney disease
  • palliative care
  • newly diagnosed
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hiv infected
  • prognostic factors
  • smoking cessation
  • patient reported outcomes