Listen: Is liver cancer more common than we think? on Health Report

Is liver cancer more common than we think? on Health Report
with Norman Swan on RN

Monday 16th May

 

The number of new cases of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is on the rise in developed countries.

Cancer incidence is often calculated from cancer registry data - but a recent study from St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne instead analysed a variety of other sources, including admissions information from seven major hospitals, outpatient data, and other data from radiology, pathology and pharmacy services.

And, compared to the cancer registry, incidence almost doubled.

Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the primary causes of the disease, and the researchers think more work is needed to examine its impact on this finding.
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Image: Liver cancer cells (Getty Images/STEVE GSCHMEISSNER