Oncology News

Late diagnosis of hepatitis B and hepatitis C has declined over time among patients with decompensated cirrhosis and those with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a recently published study. Further, patients with more regular physician visits and lower risk activities were diagnosed earlier.

The United European Gastroenterology organization released a report stating that the average daily alcohol intake was between one and four drinks per person in all 28 European Union states, representing a 21% increased risk for developing digestive cancers.

Following HBsAg seroclearance, women aged older than 50 years and men with chronic hepatitis B had significant risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma, whereas women aged 50 years or younger had no risk for HCC up to 5 years, according to results of a recently published study.

In patients treated with preoperative chemotherapy prior to resection for colorectal liver metastases, sinusoidal dilation and nodular regenerative hyperplasia did not regress until 9 months post-chemotherapy, while steatosis and steatohepatitis persisted even longer, according to a recent study.

Results of a recently published study showed an association between extensive preoperative chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases and hepatic atrophy, which was identified as a predictor of hepatic insufficiency and mortality.

The most significant risk factor for mortality in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis and successfully treated hepatocellular carcinoma was hepatic decompensation within the first year of follow-up, according to a recently published study.

Direct-acting antiviral treatment in patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis was most cost-effective and cost-saving pre-liver transplant among those with a MELD score of 21 or less, but post-liver transplant among those with a MELD score over 21, according to a recent study.

Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging pelvic scans resulted in limited new findings of lesions or metastatic disease in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, researchers reported in a recently published study.

Liver cancer mortality rates are expected to increase in the coming decades and disparities in occurrence by race, ethnicity, sex and state location in the U.S. continue to persist, according to a recently published study.

Despite current clinical practice guidelines recommending that clinicians use life expectancy to inform cancer screening, many older adults do not consider life expectancy to be an important factor in screening and prefer not to discuss it, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.