Hepatitis C Virus: No Longer a Barrier to Oncology Care.

Laique, Sobia N; Vargas, Hugo E · Am J Gastroenterol · 2019

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Abstract

Historically, hepatitis C virus infection has posed a barrier to cancer therapies and enrollment in clinical trials for oncology patients. Oral direct acting antivirals now allow most patients, previously considered difficult to treat to be effectively (>95% sustained virologic response) and safely cured.

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