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GuidelineZhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology2026

[Interpretation of key updates of the 2026 version of the APASL clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis B].

H S Liu, X W Ai, Y M Sun, H You

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Guideline in Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

H S LiuLiver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
X W AiLiver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Y M SunLiver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
H YouLiver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFC2306900
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Asia-Pacific region has the heavy burden of chronic hepatitis B. In 2026, the Asia-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) updated its clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis B. The recommendations in this version of the guideline are formulated around focusing 13 core areas: vaccination and universal screening strategies, an established system of progressive treatment goals, pathways for stratified assessment of liver fibrosis based on resource availability, expansion of antiviral therapy indications, and advocacy of proactive treatment strategies. Incorporating metabolic risk factors into long-term care and managing co-existing metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease at the same time emphasizes shared decision-making between patients and clinicians and the use of new technologies in risk assessment, which optimizes the link between diagnosis and treatment and improves long-term clinical outcomes for patients.

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Hepatitis B, ChronicAntiviral AgentsAsiaHepatitis B VaccinesHumansLiver CirrhosisRisk FactorsAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B Vaccines

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PMID42706035
PMCPMC13529428

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