A meta-analysis of single HCV-untreated arm of studies evaluating outcomes after curative treatments of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma.

Giuseppe CabibboSalvatore PettaMarco BarbàraGabriele MissaleRoberto VirdoneEugenio CaturelliPiscaglia FabioFilomena MoriscoAntonio ColecchiaFabio FarinatiEdoardo GianniniFranco TrevisaniAntonio CraxìMassimo ColomboCalogero Cammànull null

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

This meta-analysis showed that recurrence risk and survival are extremely variable in patients with successfully treated HCV-related HCC, providing a useful benchmark for indirect comparisons of the benefits of DAAs and for a correct design of randomized controlled trials in the adjuvant setting.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
systematic review
human immunodeficiency virus
case control
free survival
meta analyses
rectal cancer
antiretroviral therapy