Lancet Commission study also says measures such as raising alcohol prices and calorie labelling can reverse number of cases
The expected doubling of liver cancer patients worldwide by 2050 can be reversed with lifestyle changes and policy interventions, such as calorie labelling and increases in alcohol prices, according to Hong Kong scholars who led a global study.
Sixty per cent of liver cancer cases are preventable, as more cases are no longer caused by hepatitis viral infection but by an unhealthy lifestyle, said Professor Stephen Chan Lam from the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s clinical oncology department, who co-led the study.
The Lancet Commission on liver cancer study found that by 2050, about one in three liver cancer cases will be caused by alcohol use and fatty liver, up from 26 per cent in 2022.
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