[Introduction to the update points of the 2025 European Association for the Study of Liver clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis B infection].

Abstract

The European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) on May 8, 2025, published the updated clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV), which proposes a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to clinical practice. The recommendations are divided into ten thematic chapters, including diagnosis, treatment goals, treatment indications, treatment options, hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance, management of special populations, HBV reactivation prevention, post-transplant care, HBV prevention strategies, problems to be solved, and future research directions.