Comparing clinical presentations, treatments and outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma due to hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

201642 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Nwe Ni Than · NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit

Anwar Ghazanfar · Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

James Hodson · University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Nadeem Tehami · NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit

C. Coldham · NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit

Hynek Mergental · NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit

Abstract

In this study, NAFLD patients presented with larger tumours that were less likely to be amenable to curative therapy, as compared with HCV patients. Despite this disadvantage, patients with NAFLD had similar overall survival compared to patients with HCV.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatitis C virus research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: QJM

Volume 110, Issue 2, pp. hcw151-hcw151

DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw151

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.86