HBV-Related Conditions
Coverage of the 2012 AASLD Liver Meeting
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- Category: HBV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2012) in Boston, November 9-13, 2012.
Conference highlights include treatment for hepatitis B and C, new direct-acting HCV drugs, interferon-free hepatitis C therapy, management of liver disease complications, HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfection, and prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcioma.
HIVandHepatitis.com AASLD 2012 conference section
Lymphoma Chemotherapy Can Cause Severe Hepatitis B Reactivation
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- Category: HBV-Related Conditions
- Published on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 12:46
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Chronic hepatitis B patients are at risk for recurrence or relapse when they undergo chemotherapy for lymphoma, despite receiving prophylaxis with lamivudine (Epivir-HBV), according to an Italian study presented at the recent 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC 2010) in Boston. Investigators recommended that other potentially more effective antiviral drugs should be studied for this indication.
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