[HTML][HTML] Global epidemiology of cirrhosis—aetiology, trends and predictions

DQ Huang, NA Terrault, F Tacke, LL Gluud… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cirrhosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in people with chronic liver
disease worldwide. In 2019, cirrhosis was associated with 2.4% of global deaths. Owing to …

[PDF][PDF] HCC incidence after hepatitis C cure among patients with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis: A Meta‐Analysis

I Lockart, MGH Yeo, B Hajarizadeh, GJ Dore… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims HCV cure reduces but does not eliminate the risk of HCC. HCC
surveillance is recommended in populations where the incidence exceeds 1.5% per year. In …

Metformin reduces hepatocellular carcinoma incidence after successful antiviral therapy in patients with diabetes and chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan

PC Tsai, HT Kuo, CH Hung, KC Tseng, HC Lai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to increase the risk of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) among individuals with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). We aimed to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin and statins reduce hepatocellular carcinoma risk in chronic hepatitis C patients with failed antiviral therapy

PC Tsai, CF Huang, ML Yeh, MH Hsieh… - Clinical and Molecular …, 2024 - e-cmh.org
Methods We included CHC patients from the T-COACH study who failed antiviral therapy.
We tracked the onset of HCC 1.5 years post-therapy by linking to Taiwan's cancer registry …

[HTML][HTML] Secular trends of clinical characteristics and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan from 2011 to 2019

KM Kee, CH Chen, JT Hu, YH Huang, TE Wang… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of cancer death in Taiwan, and in the past
30–40 years, Taiwan has been committed to its prevention and treatment. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating Let-7 family members as non-invasive biomarkers for predicting hepatocellular carcinoma risk after antiviral treatment among chronic Hepatitis C …

YS Tsai, CI Huang, PC Tsai, ML Yeh, CF Huang… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cost-effective, Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk-based surveillance
strategies should be established after achieving sustained virologic response (SVR) …

[HTML][HTML] Risk stratification of hepatocellular carcinoma incidence using a fibrosis-4-based prediction model in patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving antiviral …

HW Wang, PC Tsai, CY Chen, KC Tseng… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A total of 1,589 patients who had received interferon-based treatment were enrolled and
analyzed for the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a real-world nationwide …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-elimination of hepatitis C virus infection in the rural and remote areas of Taiwan–A multi-center collaborative care model

CC Lo, WY Lei, YC Huang, JJ Hwang, CY Lo… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Taiwan has several hepatitis C virus (HCV) hyper-endemic areas. We aimed to
evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a collaborative HCV care system with an outreach …

Benefits of Hepatitis C Viral Eradication: A Real-World Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan

CW Chang, WF Hsu, KC Tseng, CY Chen… - Digestive Diseases and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) increases the risk of liver cirrhosis (LC) and
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This nationwide cohort study assessed the effectiveness of …

Combined Liver Stiffness and Α‐fetoprotein Further beyond the Sustained Virologic Response Visit as Predictors of Long‐Term Liver‐Related Events in Patients with …

SH Chen, HC Lai, WP Su, JT Kao… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. Long‐term risk stratification using combined liver stiffness (LS) and clinically relevant
blood tests acquired at the baseline further beyond the sustained virologic response (SVR) …