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Liver Cancer More Likely with Hep C and Fatty Liver

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January 13, 2012

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Two separate Mayo Clinic studies find that liver cancer rates are magnified by obesity and Hepatitis C infection.

Obesity, hepatitis C infection ups liver cancer risk

ANI Jan 4, 2012

Obese people and those who are infected with hepatitis C may be at high risk of developing deadly liver cancer 20 to 30 years later, according to scientists.

Two recent Mayo Clinic studies offer a clearer picture of the rise of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, which has tripled in the U.S. in the last three decades and has a 10 to 12 per cent five-year survival rate when detected in later stages.

“The studies illuminate the importance of identifying people with risk factors in certain populations to help catch the disease in its early, treatable stages,” said W. Ray Kim, M.D., a specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and principal investigator of one study.

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