Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained virological response in Veterans with hepatitis C virus infection

Hashem B. El‐Serag, Fasiha Kanwal, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Kramer – 4 March 2016 – The long‐term prognosis in terms of risk or predictors of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among patients with sustained virological response (SVR) remains unclear. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the Veterans Affairs VA hepatitis C virus (HCV) Clinical Case Registry in patients with positive HCV RNA between October 1999 and August 2009 and follow‐up through December 2010.

Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained virological response in Veterans with hepatitis C virus infection

Hashem B. El‐Serag, Fasiha Kanwal, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Kramer – 4 March 2016 – The long‐term prognosis in terms of risk or predictors of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among patients with sustained virological response (SVR) remains unclear. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the Veterans Affairs VA hepatitis C virus (HCV) Clinical Case Registry in patients with positive HCV RNA between October 1999 and August 2009 and follow‐up through December 2010.

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