Fatty Liver Disease Drives Rise in Liver Cancer Deaths - Medscape

The steep increase in liver cancer deaths is due to the rising rate of NAFLD, rather than alcoholic liver disease or hepatitis B or C, and is mostly driven by the obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics.

LONDON Around the world, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has driven an increase in deaths from liver cancer over the past decade, overtaking alcoholic liver disease, hepatitis B, and hepatit… [+6818 chars]

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