THIS PAGE contains links to a variety of Hepatitis C management issues. This information is updated regularly. For easier navigation, this section has been subdivided according to the links below. Dr. David Standring discusses ''Interfering with Mechanisms of Replication of Hepatitis B and C Viruses''.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the world.
The number of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma increased in the United States over the past two decades and the age-specific incidence has shifted to younger people. Dr. Howard Worman's review of this paper says the authors speculate that this may due to an increase in the number of new hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections during the 1960's and 1970's when intravenous drug use, needle sharing, transfusion of unscreened blood and unsafe sexual practices were widespread. Canadian press release covering the data released in The New England Journal of Medicine by Drs. Davis and McHutchison. The New England Journal published two major hepatitis C studies by Drs.