Liver biopsy and screening for cancer in hepatitis C.(Editorials) From: American Family Physician | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Academy of Family Physicians. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In June of 2002, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a consensus development conference on the management of hepatitis C. (1) This conference differed from a previous conference (2) on management of hepatitis C by including presentations from a detailed systematic review of evidence on key questions (3-6) and presentations by leading experts in the field.

The Consensus Statement makes many important recommendations regarding the management of chronic hepatitis C, but we would like to highlight the evidence on two aspects of management that may not receive as much ...

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