Liver cancer risk and changes in lifestyle habits after successful hepatitis C virus therapy post-DAA HCV therapy: lifestyle changes and liver cancer risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The eradication of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) reduce the risk of liver cancer (LC), but lifestyle changes after cure may counterbalance its benefit. Our study investigates lifestyle changes that occur in HCV patients with Sustained Virological Response (SVR) after direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment.

Methods

In this prospective, single-center study, HCV patients with advanced liver disease (F3/F4) treated and cured with DAA were invited to fill a lifestyle habits questionnaire in and perform abdominal ultrasound (US), blood extraction and anthropometric measurements within the 1st month after SVR and every 6 months thereafter until 48 months of follow-up, LC development, death, or loss to follow-up.

Results

This prospective cohort included 182 patients

SUBMITTER: Granel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11792182 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature