by A groundbreaking new study has shown that more than half of the cases of liver cancer could be avoidable if people take measures in three important health areas.
Experts say that the potentially fatal disease could be completely prevented in three out of five cases by reducing obesity, reducing alcohol consumption and increasing a vital vaccine.
The Lancet Commission’s report showed that most cases were avoidable when people took these steps, and governments that ensure that the nationwide level of viral hepatitis B and C were reduced.
Health experts say that they could reduce the incidence of liver cancer cases by 2 to 5 percent per year by 2 to 5 percent by 2 to 5 percent by using the recommendations published in the report.
In numbers, this would mean saving life between eight and 15 million lives worldwide and preventing between 9 and 17 million new cases.
Professor Jian Zhou from Fudan University in China, one of the leading doctors who work on research, said: “Liver cancer is a growing health problem worldwide. It is one of the most difficult cancer that is between around 5 to 30 percent with five -year survival rates.
“We risk seeing in the next quarter of a century close to doubling cases and deaths from liver cancer without urgent measures to undo this trend.”
Commission’s recommendations include global governments that increase the HBV vaccination plans and at the same time carry out universal screening for adults, and introduce pricing for minimal alcohol units as well as sugar taxes and warnet labels.
They also recommend investing in an early detection of liver damage and cancer and at the same time improving palliative care for those affected.
Liver cancer is currently the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer worldwide.
Chartering organization Leber Cancer UK.
The number of deaths is expected to grow from 760,000 in 2022 to 1.37 million in 2050.
The idea behind the estimated increase in cases is mainly due to population growth and aging populations, the greatest increases in Africa are expected.
Currently, more than 40 percent of global cases of liver cancer in China occur in China, since the relatively high rates of hepatitis -B infections are.
Experts say that one of the fastest growing causes of liver cancer worldwide is fat liver disease, and this is expected to increase due to the increasing obesity rates.
However, fatalization diseases can be prevented by “eating a balanced diet, is physically active and may lose weight,” tell the NHS.
Another author of the study, Professor Valérie Paradis of Beaujon Hospital in France, said: “There is an urgent need to raise awareness of the severity of the growing health problems of increasing liver cancer cases within society.
“Compared to other types of cancer, liver cancer is very difficult to treat, however, different risk factors that help to define specific prevention strategies. In the case of common and continuous effort, we believe that many cases can be prevented and both the survival and the quality of patients with liver cancer are significantly improved.”
