Hepatocellular carcinoma in HCV - liver cirrhosis before and after successful DAA treatment

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. The recent advancement of direct-acting Antiviral Agents (DAAs) in hepatitis C therapy, resulted in sustained virological response rates of over 90% in treated patients in different stages of liver fibrosis. The efficacy of DAAs treatment has also been confirmed in real-life cohorts that include subjects with decompensated cirrhosis and therefore seems a promising step to a significant reduction in the recurrence of HCC in patients who achieved complete destruction of the HCC nodules by local therapy. We present a 72-year old patient with HCV-related liver cirrhosis who successfully responded to DAAs treatment after complete destruction of an early HCC nodule