Health

Mon Mar 6

How new hepatitis C drugs could tackle liver cancer, too

Written by Maryam Alavi, Research Associate, The Kirby Institute, UNSW

How to cut rates of liver cancer? Reducing hepatitis C rates would be a good start.from www.shutterstock.com

Wider availability of newer hepatitis C drugs may not only lead to fewer cases of this blood-borne disease, but may also slow the rise in related liver cancer.

But these so-called direct acting antiviral drugs have not been widely available...

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