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1. Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases - US News and World Report
THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis, or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports. Researchers at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam ana...
2. Genetic Variation Doubles Risk of Liver Cancer
Testing could determine which cirrhosis patients should be screened for tumor development
3. Hepatocellular carcinoma : Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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Hepatocellular carcinoma accounts for 80 - 90% of all liver cancers. This type of cancer occurs more often in men than women. It is usually seen in people ages 50 - 60. The disease is more common in parts of Africa and Asia than in North or South ...• Reviewer: Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
4. Liver cancer
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Liver cancer is a form of cancer with a high mortality rate. Liver cancers can be classified into two types. They are either primary, when the cancer starts in the liver itself; or metastatic, when the cancer has spread to the liver from some othe...• Author: Rebecca J. Frey PhD, Judy C. Hawkins MS Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
5. Cancer, liver - Risk factors -- Mayo Clinic
Now BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations have been tied to a moderately increased risk of other cancers, including primary liver cancer. Consuming more than a moderate amount of alcohol can lead to irreversible liver damage and increase your risk of liver... http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=C2850661-4805-4AD6-905AD30E9FC79D...
6. CNN - Liver cancer rates jump 70 percent in 20 years - March 10, 1999
Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C can lead to liver scarring, or cirrhosis, which in turn can lead to liver cancer, which will strike an estimated 14,500 Americans this year. Hepatitis A, a relatively mild form of the virus spread primarily... http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9903/10/liver.cancer/index.html
7. MedlinePlus: Liver Cancer
Risk factors for primary liver cancer include. Primary liver cancer starts in the liver. Metastatic liver cancer starts somewhere else and spreads to your liver. Liver Cancer -- see more articles. Hepatocellular carcinoma Your liver is the... http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/livercancer.html |
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