Reducing the Risk of Hepatitis B-Associated Chronic Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Research of Cancer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
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Dear Colleagues,
Chronic hepatitis B therapeutics have focused upon the development of direct acting anti-viral compounds that have reduced virus load as well as the intensity and duration of chronic liver disease (CLD). However, sterilizing cures have not been achieved, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers are still at elevated risk for the reappearance of CLD and progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with the emergence of drug resistance, with drug-induced immunosuppression, altered host–virus relationship associated with gut dysbiosis, and with the persistence/reactivation of occult infections. The pathogenesis of CLD is immune-mediated, although relatively little attention has been made to developing drugs that directly target CLD alone or in combination with direct acting antiviral compounds. These represent challenges at the forefront of next-generation therapeutic development to achieve a functional cure that is characterized by sustained virus suppression, amelioration of CLD, and reduced risk for CLD progression to HCC.
Prof. Dr. Mark A. Feitelson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- HBsAg loss
- prolonged nucleoside therapy
- autoimmune diseases
- gut dysbiosis
- hepatitis delta coinfection
- HIV coinfection
- functional cure
- immunomodulation
- HBV integration
- immune-mediated CLD
- combination therapies
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