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Shortening hepatitis C treatment to 6 weeks effective but not perfect for easier-to-treat patients

People with hepatitis C have higher cancer rates, even when excluding liver cancer

Anders Nyberg of Kaiser Permanente San Diego. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

Sofosbuvir-based therapy effective for hepatitis C patients with decompensated cirrhosis

Professor Rajender Reddy of University of Pennsylvania presents the HCV-TARGET study at the International Liver Congress 2015. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

Gilead triple combination cures easy-to-treat hepatitis C patients in 6 weeks, but 4 weeks is not enough

Another study confirms detrimental effects of delaying hepatitis C treatment

When a short course of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir fails, some people can be cured of hepatitis C with a double treatment duration

Eric Lawitz presenting at the International Liver Congress. Photo by Liz Highlyeman, hivandhepatitis.com

Sofosbuvir-based treatment safe and effective in advanced kidney disease

Merck's grazoprevir/elbasvir combo cures 99% of hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease

Sofosbuvir plus pegylated interferon/ribavirin is highly effective for people with hard-to-treat genotype 3 hepatitis C

Graham Foster of Queen Mary's University of London presenting results of the BOSON study. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com