More than 500,000 annual liver cancer diagnoses could be prevented with global interventions aimed at reducing viral hepatitis B and C, alcohol consumption and a disease strongly associated with obesity and diabetes. The Lancet Commission on liver cancer made multiple recommendations to governments around the world as disease burden is projected to nearly double by 2050.

Alcohol and fatty liver disease drive doubling of deadly condition by 2050

La obesidad, el virus de la hepatitis y el consumo de alcohol son los principales factores de riesgo evitables. Un grupo de científicos calcula que el cáncer hepático se duplicará…