Literature DB >> 19949358

Hepatitis C treatment concomitant to chemotherapy as "salvage" therapy in children with hematologic malignancies.

Vassiliki Papaevangelou1, Marianna Varsami, Vassilios Papadakis, Aglaia Zellos, Agapi Parcharidou, Sophia Papargyri, Ourania Karentzou, Nina Manolaki, Eleftheria Roma, Sophia Polychronopoulou.   

Abstract

In patients with malignancies, chronic hepatitis C reactivation or severe flare is uncommon and antiviral treatment is deferred mainly due to underlying bone marrow and immune suppression. We report the use of antiviral treatment concomitantly to chemotherapy in 3 children with hematologic malignancies, chronic hepatitis C, and significant liver dysfunction.

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Year:  2010        PMID: 19949358     DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c2115a

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Infect Dis J        ISSN: 0891-3668            Impact factor:   2.129


  3 in total

Review 1.  Reactivation of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in patients with cancer.

Authors:  Harrys A Torres; Marta Davila
Journal:  Nat Rev Clin Oncol       Date:  2012-01-24       Impact factor: 66.675

2.  Coadministration of telaprevir and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.

Authors:  Harrys A Torres; Parag Mahale; Ethan D Miller; Thein H Oo; Catherine Frenette; Ahmed O Kaseb
Journal:  World J Hepatol       Date:  2013-06-27

Review 3.  Treatment of Hepatitis C in Patients Undergoing Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy.

Authors:  Kohtaro Ooka; Joseph K Lim
Journal:  J Clin Transl Hepatol       Date:  2016-08-10
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