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Nicolás Merchante

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Prediction of Esophageal Varices by Liver Stiffness and Platelets in Persons with HIV infection and Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease

2019

In Press.

Variceal bleedingTransient elastographyBaveno VI criteria; HCV coinfection; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; transient elastography; variceal bleedingesophagogastroduodenoscopyBaveno VI criteriaHCV coinfectionvariceal bleedingEsophagogastroduodenoscopytransient elastography
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Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after direct-acting antiviral therapy: An individual patient data meta-analysis

2021

ObjectiveThe benefit of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against HCV following successful treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. This meta-analysis of individual patient data assessed HCC recurrence risk following DAA administration.DesignWe pooled the data of 977 consecutive patients from 21 studies of HCV-related cirrhosis and HCC, who achieved complete radiological response after surgical/locoregional treatments and received DAAs (DAA group). Recurrence or death risk was expressed as HCC recurrence or death per 100 person-years (100PY). Propensity score-matched patients from the ITA.LI.CA. cohort (n=328) served as DAA-unexposed controls (no-DAA group). Risk fac…

medicine.medical_specialtyCarcinoma HepatocellularCirrhosisAntiviral AgentsGastroenterology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicineantiviral therapymedicineHumansPropensity Scoreantiviral therapy; hepatocellular carcinoma; meta-analysisbusiness.industryLiver NeoplasmsGastroenterologyAntiviral therapyPatient datahepatocellular carcinomamedicine.disease3. Good healthmeta-analysis030220 oncology & carcinogenesisMeta-analysisHepatocellular carcinomaRelative riskCohort030211 gastroenterology & hepatology[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieNeoplasm Recurrence LocalbusinessDirect acting
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