1. Markov model of HCV–HCC disease process.
Markov model of HCV–HCC disease process. The process of how initially healthy people become chronically infected with HCV, go through fibrosis stages (F0–F3) to cirrhosis (F4), and eventually to HCC. Untreated patients can be successfully treated and then might become reinfected, or they could be the patients for whom the treatment fails (F). Dashed line indicates the newly included patients with HCV who are qualified for treatment in the new treatment programme. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus.
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