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Liver cancer has a more aggressive disease course in HIV-positive people co-infected with viral hepatitis

Hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis respond well to boceprevir or telaprevir with careful monitoring

Christophe Hézode, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Paris.  © Liz Highleyman / hivandhepatitis.com

Brivanib fails to match sorafenib for liver cancer, but tivantinib looks promising

Philip Johnson from the University of Birmingham.  © Liz Highleyman / hivandhepatitis.com

Nucleoside analogues reduce hepatitis B liver cancer risk

Telaprevir twice-daily works as well as every eight hours, safe for hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis

Interferon-free hepatitis C treatment with faldaprevir proves safe and effective in people with cirrhosis

Simeprevir is safe and effective with interferon/ribavirin for hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis

Fred Poordad from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles © Liz Highleyman / hivandhepatitis.com

New hepatitis C drugs danoprevir and mericitabine are safe and effective for prior non-responders and people with cirrhosis

Dramatic increase in incidence of liver cancer in HIV-positive people with viral hepatitis