i am now 33yrs old female & was diagnosed hbs ag +ve 10yrs back, was doing regular liver function test, ultra sound etc &were normal, recently i did my hbv dna test and the viral load was 2570 iu/ml, liver u/s is normal , sgot-18 iu/ml, sgpt- 19 iu/ml. my doctor has asked to start entecavir .5mg. my mother died of hepatocellular carcinoma 2yrs back.i want to know whether i should start treatment.your suggestions would be agreat help to me.