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My dr is doing a liver biopsy n march.mystrand has 30-40 %cure rate.she said if liver is ok i can wait til next tx comes out n 2 yrs.what do u think?

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I'm with her: I'm not a gastroenterologist but this makes sense. I'm glad you've got the courage to try for a cure, but if we're going to wait on treatment, we want to be sure it's not taking an accelerated course to liver failure / death. I'd get that biopsy and not settle for any other measure.

Answered 2/12/2014

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