Sentences with phrase «ide analogue»
«Furthermore, in contrast to the control group who received no treatment during immune tolerant phase, overall survival was significantly prolonged for those who received nucleos (t) ide analogue treatment.»
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«Antiviral therapy prolongs survival in immune tolerant hepatitis B patients: Nucleos (t) ide analogue treatment reduces risk of developing liver cancer and liver cirrhosis among immune tolerant patients.»
After excluding patients with liver cancer before the follow ‐ up index dates, 1,553 patients who had continuously received daily aspirin for at least 90 days were randomly matched 1:4 with 6,212 patients who had never received anti platelet therapy by means of propensity scores consisting of baseline characteristics, the index date and nucleos (t) ide analogue (NA) use during follow ‐ up.
Although current antiviral medicines such as nucleos (t) ide analogue therapy could significantly reduce liver cancer risk, Dr. Lee notes these therapies do not completely eliminate the risk.
Patients can remain in this stage for decades with high viral load but no apparent damage to the liver.2 There are two treatment options for HBV immune tolerant patients: pegylated interferon strategy, or nucleos (t) ide analogues.3