#liver transplant

Analysts say marketing really doesn’t provide full information about the quality and cost of services.

A review of the major findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in San Francisco

Researchers analyzed a cohort of South Koreans taking Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) or Baraclude (entecavir) for hepatitis B.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Hepatitis B and C are declining as causes of liver cancer and liver transplants.

Recommendations now include multiple systemic medications in addition to surgery and local therapies.

At a major transplant center in Indiana, despite similar levels of liver disease severity, Blacks had a lower transplant rate than whites.

In 2000 Lawrence Bologna learned that he had a small growing tumor on his liver.