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U Cillo

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Practice guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C: recommendations from an AISF/SIMIT/SIMAST Expert Opinion Meeting.

2010

It is increasingly clear that a tailored therapeutic approach to patients with hepatitis C virus infection is needed. Success rates in difficult to treat and low-responsive hepatitis C virus patients are not completely satisfactory, and there is the need to optimise treatment duration and intensity in patients with the highest likelihood of response. In addition, the management of special patient categories originally excluded from phase III registration trials needs to be critically re-evaluated. This article reports the recommendations for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection on an individual basis, drafted by experts of three scientific societies.

Liver CirrhosisANTIVIRAL TREATMENTHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)HIV InfectionsHepacivirusANTIVIRAL THERAPY; PEGYLATED INTERFERON-ALPHA-2B; LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA-2A; HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS; VIRUS-COINFECTED PATIENTS; RAPID VIROLOGICAL RESPONSEAntiviral therapymedicine.disease_causeGastroenterologyPolyethylene GlycolsHBVguidelinesAcute hepatitisChronic hepatitisSettore MED/12 - Gastroenterologialiver transplantationGastroenterologyAntiviral therapyHepatitis CVIRUS-COINFECTED PATIENTSLIVER-TRANSPLANTATIONHepatitis CRecombinant Proteinsacute hepatitis; antiviral therapy; chronic hepatitis; cirrhosis; elderly patients; hbv; hcv; hdv; hiv; liver transplantationCLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINESCirrhosisHCVDrug Therapy CombinationAntiviral therapy Acute hepatitis Chronic hepatitisCirrhosis Elderly patients HBV HCV HDV HIV Liver transplantationElderly patientAcute hepatitiAcute hepatitismedicine.medical_specialtyGenotypePEGINTERFERON ALPHA-2AAlpha interferonHIV-INFECTED PATIENTSInterferon alpha-2CHRONIC HEPATITIS CAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B ChronicChronic hepatitisInternal medicineHDVDrug Resistance ViralRibavirinmedicineHumansPEGYLATED INTERFERON-ALPHA-2BCirrhosiHepatologybusiness.industrySettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNAInterferon-alphaHIVHepatitis C Chronicmedicine.diseaseElderly patientsFamily medicineExpert opinionAntiviral therapy; Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Elderly patients; HBV; HCV; HDV; HIV; liver transplantationChronic hepatitiRAPID VIROLOGICAL RESPONSEbusinessCHRONIC HEPATITIS C; ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
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Intention-to-treat survival benefit of liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular cancer

2017

The debate about the best approach to select patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) waiting for liver transplantation (LT) is still ongoing. This study aims to identify the best variables allowing to discriminate between "high-" and "low-benefit" patients. To do so, the concept of intention-to-treat (ITT) survival benefit of LT has been created. Data of 2,103 adult HCC patients consecutively enlisted during the period 1987-2015 were analyzed. Three rigorous statistical steps were used in order to create the ITT survival benefit of LT: the development of an ITT LT and a non-LT survival model, and the individual prediction of the ITT survival benefit of LT defined as the difference between…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/18 - CHIRURGIA GENERALEmedicine.medical_treatment030230 surgeryMilan criteriaLiver transplantation03 medical and health sciencesLiver disease0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineCarcinoma Hepatocellular; Europe; Female; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Liver Transplantation; HepatologyHumansRisk factorHepatology; hepatocellular cancer; liver transplantationCarcinoma Hepatocellular; Europe; Female; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Liver TransplantationSurvival analysisRetrospective StudiesIntention-to-treat analysisHepatologybusiness.industryCarcinomaLiver NeoplasmsRetrospective cohort studyHepatocellularHepatologyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSurgeryLiver TransplantationSettore MED/18Europehepatocellular cancer030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemalebusiness
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Overview of Prognostic Systems for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and ITA.LI.CA External Validation of MESH and CNLC Classifications

2021

Simple Summary This review proposes a comprehensive overview of the main prognostic systems for HCC classified as prognostic scores, staging systems, or combined systems. Prognostic systems for HCC are usually compared in terms of homogeneity, monotonicity of gradients, and discrimination ability. However, despite the great number of published studies comparing HCC prognostic systems, it is rather difficult to identify a system that could be universally accepted as the best prognostic scheme for all HCC patients encountered in clinical practice. In order to give a contribute in this topic, we conducted a study aimed at externally validate the MESH score and the CNLC classification using the…

Cancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyReviewlcsh:RC254-282Prognostic score03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicineIn patientMedical physicsStaging systemmonotonicity of gradientsSettore MED/12 - Gastroenterologiadiscrimination ability; hepatocellular carcinoma; homogeneity; monotonicity of gradients; prognostic performance; prognostic systembusiness.industryprognostic systemExternal validationMono-tonicity of gradienthepatocellular carcinomamedicine.diseaselcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensSettore MED/18homogeneityOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisHepatocellular carcinomaPopulation data030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyGeneral healthdiscrimination abilityLiver dysfunctionbusinessprognostic performanceCancers
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Restaging Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Before Additional Treatment Decisions: A Multicenter Cohort Study

2018

Prognostic assessment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at the time of diagnosis remains controversial and becomes even more complex at the time of restaging when new variables need to be considered. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the prognostic utility of restaging patients before proceeding with additional therapies for HCC. Two independent Italian prospective databases were used to identify 1,196 (training cohort) and 648 (validation cohort) consecutive patients with HCC treated over the same study period (2008-2015) who had complete restaging before decisions about additional therapies. The performance of the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) prognostic score …

MaleOncologyDatabases FactualLiver cancer; non surgical therapy; prognostic system; surgical therapy; survivalhepatocellular carcinoma stage treatmentKaplan-Meier EstimateCohort StudiesLiver disease0302 clinical medicineMiddle AgedSorafenibPrognosisItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCatheter AblationDisease ProgressionFemale030211 gastroenterology & hepatologysurgical therapyLiver cancerLiver cancermedicine.drugCohort studySorafenibmedicine.medical_specialtyCarcinoma HepatocellularSettore MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGIAClinical Decision-MakingRisk AssessmentsurvivalDisease-Free SurvivalStatistics Nonparametric03 medical and health sciencesnon surgical therapyInternal medicinemedicineHepatectomyHumansInfusions Intra-ArterialNeoplasm InvasivenessSurvival analysisAgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesAnalysis of VarianceHepatologybusiness.industryprognostic systemReproducibility of ResultsCancerRetrospective cohort studymedicine.diseaseSurvival AnalysisbusinessProgressive disease
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HCC management with Sorafenib and TACE: Italian experience from GIDEON (Global Investigational Of Therapeutic Decisions in HCC and of its Treatment w…

2014

Hepatocellular carcinomaSorafenibManagement
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