Thursday, January 23, 2003

Morning Session: "Hepatitis B Virus and other Hepatitis-Associated Viruses (GBV-C/HGV, TTV and SEN virus)"

·        Hepatitis B virus genotypes: clinical implications and therapeutic approaches

·        HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B

·        GBV-C infection

·        TTV infection

·        Biology and clinical implications of SEN virus infection

Afternoon Session: "Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B"

·        Nucleoside analogues

·        Gene therapy

Friday, January 24, 2003

Morning Session: "Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Biology of Hepatitis C Virus"

·        Biology of hepatitis C virus

·        Immunopathogenesis of hepatitis C virus

·        Extrahepatic replication sites of hepatitis C virus

Afternoon Session: "Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C"

·        PEG-IFNs

·        Gene therapy

Saturday, January 25, 2003

Morning Session: "Therapeutic Options for Hepatocellular Carcinoma".

·        Liver transplantation

·        Percutaneous ethanol injection

·        Arterial chemoembolization

·        Radiofrequency ablation

·        Immunotherapy

Time will be devoted for free oral and poster presentations