#liver cancer

Cancer mortality declined by 27 percent over the past 25 years.

Alcohol is linked to several types of cancer, especially among people over 50, but the absolute risk of light drinking is low.

Women with the chronic condition are 6 percent more likely than men to develop cancer.

Liver cancer rates and deaths have doubled in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom.

A new roundtable report summarizes key findings from recent studies outlining coffee’s likely contributions to protecting the liver.

Hepatitis B patients who used aspirin therapy had a 37 percent lower rate of hepatocellular carcinoma.

With the exception of colon cancer, most cancers associated with overweight or obesity rose over the past decade.

Opdivo will be used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma, which can be caused by hepatitis B or C.

Men and people over age 50 still may still develop liver cancer after clearing the virus from the blood.

Low but detectable HBV DNA during antiviral therapy is associated with detrimental long-term outcomes.

Treatment with Viread and Baraclude led to a decline in liver cancer in Europe but not in South Korea.

The majority of cases are preventable, for example through early detection and treatment, hepatitis B vaccination and hepatitis C treatment.

A recent study found that from 1995 to 2009, 10 percent of all deaths among a large cohort of people on HIV treatment were cancer-related.

More treatment options may soon become available for those with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is often diagnosed late.