Reply to: “Pitfalls in measuring temporal trends for late diagnosis of viral hepatitis”

We appreciate the correspondence of Lapointe-Shaw et al. on our study ‘‘Time to decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma after an HBV or HCV notification: A population-based study”.1 They make important points in relation to possible sources of bias in the evaluation of late hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnosis. We have therefore undertaken further anal yses to clarify the role of monitoring trends in “late HCV diagnosis” and to highlight key differences in the epidemiology of HCV and population-level HCV screening in New South Wales (NSW) and Ontario.

Source: Journal of Hepatology - October 23, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Maryam Alavi, Matthew G. Law, Gregory J. Dore Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research