Emerging evidence supports direct-acting antiviral therapy for HCC patients beyond the early stage

Lee, Teng-Yu; Tsai, Pei-Chien; Lee, Shou-Wu; Yu, Ming- Lung

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Correspondence

Emerging evidence supports direct-acting antiviral therapy for HCC patients beyond the early stage

Teng-Yu Lee^1,2, Pei-Chien Tsai³, Shou-Wu Lee^1,2,4, Ming- Lung Yu^3,5

¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
²School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
³Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatitis Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
⁴Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
⁵Hepatitis Research Center, College of Medicine and Center for Liquid Biopsy and Cohort Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Correspondence :

Ming- Lung Yu ,
Email: fish6069@gmail.com

Received: February 28, 2025 Accepted: March 1, 2025

KeyWords: chronic hepatitis C; antivirals; sustained virological response; liver cancer; survival