Risk factors for liver cancer

[Guest guest]

Risk factors for liver cancer

Reported by Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Heavy alcohol use, diabetes and viral hepatitis all increase the risk of liver

cancer.

Liver cancer - or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - is on the increase in the USA

and researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have been

looking at why. They studied 295 patients with HCC and 435 matched control

subjects.

As expected, viral hepatitis - that is, infection with hepatitis B or C viruses

- was an independent risk factor for HCC, with hepatitis C being more

significant in this respect. More surprisingly, perhaps, moderate alcohol

consumption was linked to a 40 per cent decrease in HCC, compared to abstinence.

But heavy alcohol consumption significantly increased the risk.

http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=6322

[Guest guest]

Risk factors for liver cancer

Reported by Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Heavy alcohol use, diabetes and viral hepatitis all increase the risk of liver

cancer.

Liver cancer - or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - is on the increase in the USA

and researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have been

looking at why. They studied 295 patients with HCC and 435 matched control

subjects.

As expected, viral hepatitis - that is, infection with hepatitis B or C viruses

- was an independent risk factor for HCC, with hepatitis C being more

significant in this respect. More surprisingly, perhaps, moderate alcohol

consumption was linked to a 40 per cent decrease in HCC, compared to abstinence.

But heavy alcohol consumption significantly increased the risk.

http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=6322

[Guest guest]

Risk factors for liver cancer

Reported by Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Heavy alcohol use, diabetes and viral hepatitis all increase the risk of liver

cancer.

Liver cancer - or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - is on the increase in the USA

and researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have been

looking at why. They studied 295 patients with HCC and 435 matched control

subjects.

As expected, viral hepatitis - that is, infection with hepatitis B or C viruses

- was an independent risk factor for HCC, with hepatitis C being more

significant in this respect. More surprisingly, perhaps, moderate alcohol

consumption was linked to a 40 per cent decrease in HCC, compared to abstinence.

But heavy alcohol consumption significantly increased the risk.

http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=6322

[Guest guest]

Risk factors for liver cancer

Reported by Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Heavy alcohol use, diabetes and viral hepatitis all increase the risk of liver

cancer.

Liver cancer - or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - is on the increase in the USA

and researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have been

looking at why. They studied 295 patients with HCC and 435 matched control

subjects.

As expected, viral hepatitis - that is, infection with hepatitis B or C viruses

- was an independent risk factor for HCC, with hepatitis C being more

significant in this respect. More surprisingly, perhaps, moderate alcohol

consumption was linked to a 40 per cent decrease in HCC, compared to abstinence.

But heavy alcohol consumption significantly increased the risk.

http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=6322