Incidence and risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma change over time in patients with hepatitis C virus infection who achieved sustained virologic response.
Ryoko YamadaNaoki HiramatsuTsugiko OzeAyako UrabeYuki TahataNaoki MorishitaTakahiro KodamaHayato HikitaRyotaro SakamoriTakayuki YakushijinAkira YamadaHideki HagiwaraEiji MitaMasahide OshitaToshifumi ItohHiroyuki FukuiYoshiaki InuiTaizo HijiokaMasami InadaKazuhiro KatayamaShinji TamuraAtsuo InoueYasuharu ImaiTomohide TatsumiToshimitsu HamasakiNorio HayashiTetsuo TakeharaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)
The frequency of HCC in hepatitis C patients who achieved an SVR from interferon treatment decreased during the observation period, and its risk factors changed between the early and late periods.