Ask EASL
Ask EASL
European Association for the Study of the Liver
Ask EASL is an ongoing series of educational podcasts dedicated to answering questions from patients and patient organisations on important topics around liver disease.
Liver Cancer
In this podcast conducted on the occasion of liver cancer awareness month, Dr. Massimo A. Iavarone, hepatologist at the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, Italy, is answering key questions on liver cancer raised by the Liver Patients International (LPI) and PSC Support, two EASL-affiliated patient associations, both part of the EASL patient synergies project.
Mar 24, 2021
29 min
COVID-19 vaccination in patients with liver disease
In this episode, Professor Markus Cornberg is joined by Dr Christiane Eberhardt and Professor Daniel Shouval to answer a range of questions raised by EASL’s Patient Synergies regarding the recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations. They address topics including the reasons for the rapid development of the vaccines, whether immunocompromised liver transplant patients should receive the vaccine, real-world data from vaccination programmes worldwide and the potential duration of immunity.Discover on our website more educational materials on COVID-19 and the liver.
Mar 17, 2021
27 min