CCO Official Conference Coverage
Management of HBV, Advanced Liver Disease, and Other Related Complications
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10 Capsule Summaries
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2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases*
October 30-November 3, 2009 | Boston, Massachusetts
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CCO Slideset
Highlights From AASLD 2009
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Review the most clinically relevant new data from the 2009 AASLD conference on HCV, HBV, and complications of advanced liver disease.
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File size: 2.09 MB
| Date posted: 11/17/2009
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Expert Highlights
Disclosures – Audio Expert Highlights
Robert S. Brown Jr., MD, MPH, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Gilead Sciences and Schering-Plough; fees for non-CME/CE services from Gilead Sciences, Roche Pharmaceuticals, and Schering-Plough; and contracted research from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Salix, Schering-Plough, and Vertex.
Peter Ferenci, MD, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from HGS, Madaus Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Roche, Tibotec, and Vertex; fees for non-CME/CE services from Roche; and contracted research from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, and Tibotec.
Anna S. F. Lok, MD, has disclosed that she has received grants or research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Roche, and Schering-Plough and has served as a consultant for Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, and Roche.
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Capsule Summary:
HCC Risk Remains High Following at Least 12 Months of Antiviral Therapy in Cirrhotic Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
A multivariate analysis identified cirrhosis, older age, and male sex as independent predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in patients receiving at least 12 months of oral antiviral therapy, most of which was lamivudine based.
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