Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C
BACKGROUND: An estimated 60,000 British Columbians are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV); 10% to 20% will develop cirrhosis after 20 years and 5% to 10% of these will develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Although treatment may prevent cirrhosis and liver cancer, and improve quality...
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| author | Priscilla C Hsu Jane A Buxton Andrew W Tu Warren D Hill Amanda Yu Mel Krajden |
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| description | BACKGROUND: An estimated 60,000 British Columbians are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV); 10% to 20% will develop cirrhosis after 20 years and 5% to 10% of these will develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Although treatment may prevent cirrhosis and liver cancer, and improve quality of life, availability is limited. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-758dac8a57cc41d4857a2342cb87ad7f2025-08-20T02:06:57ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122435936410.1155/2008/243607Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis CPriscilla C Hsu0Jane A Buxton1Andrew W Tu2Warren D Hill3Amanda Yu4Mel Krajden5British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaBACKGROUND: An estimated 60,000 British Columbians are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV); 10% to 20% will develop cirrhosis after 20 years and 5% to 10% of these will develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Although treatment may prevent cirrhosis and liver cancer, and improve quality of life, availability is limited.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/243607 |
| spellingShingle | Priscilla C Hsu Jane A Buxton Andrew W Tu Warren D Hill Amanda Yu Mel Krajden Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C |
| title_full | Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C |
| title_fullStr | Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C |
| title_full_unstemmed | Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C |
| title_short | Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C |
| title_sort | publicly funded pegylated interferon alpha treatment in british columbia disparities in treatment patterns for people with hepatitis c |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/243607 |
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