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Statin use associated with lower risk of liver decompensation and death in hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis

Arpan Mohanty of Yale University School of Medicine. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

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

Alcohol misuse the strongest predictor of severe liver damage and death in French people with hepatitis C

Advanced liver damage is common in people with undiagnosed hepatitis C in US survey

Progression to severe fibrosis or cirrhosis is common among baby boomers with hepatitis C in the US

Monina Klevens presenting at CROI 2015. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

Many hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis face liver failure and liver cancer

People living with HIV have high survival rates after liver transplants due to HCC

HCV core-antigen testing is a reliable way of detecting acute HCV infections in HIV-positive gay men

HCV antibody testing may miss recent infections in gay men living with HIV