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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;114(2):207-208.
doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000095.

Hepatitis C Virus: No Longer a Barrier to Oncology Care

Sobia N Laique  1 , Hugo E Vargas  1
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Editorial

Hepatitis C Virus: No Longer a Barrier to Oncology Care

Sobia N Laique et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Feb.

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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