No Association Between Direct-Acting Antivirals and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression on the Waiting List: Time to Put This Controversy to Rest?

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Binu V John. Liver Transpl. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;26(5):621-623.

doi: 10.1002/lt.25746. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

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Direct-Acting Antivirals and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: No Evidence of Higher Wait-List Progression or Posttransplant Recurrence.
Piñero F, Boin I, Chagas A, Quiñonez E, Marciano S, Vilatobá M, Santos L, Anders M, Hoyos Duque S, Soares Lima A, Menendez J, Padilla M, Poniachik J, Zapata R, Maraschio M, Chong Menéndez R, Muñoz L, Arufe D, Figueroa R, Mendizabal M, Hurtado Gomez S, Stucchi R, Maccali C, Vergara Sandoval R, Bermudez C, McCormack L, Varón A, Gadano A, Mattera J, Rubinstein F, Carrilho F, Silva M. Piñero F, et al. Liver Transpl. 2020 May;26(5):640-650. doi: 10.1002/lt.25744. Liver Transpl. 2020. PMID: 32133773

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