Preventing liver cancer: obesity and alcohol consumption
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Preventing liver cancer: Obesity and alcohol consumption
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Preventing liver cancer: A review of Australian prevalence data
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Preventing liver cancer: Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related liver disease and primary liver cancer
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Preventing liver cancer: Excess body weight, metabolic syndrome, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and primary liver cancer
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Preventing liver cancer: Modelling estimates for MAFLD and ARLD patients
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Prolonged excess alcohol consumption can cause liver damage and may lead to alcohol-related liver disease, while excess body fatness and metabolic syndrome are associated with an increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Given the biological pathway of HCC through these groups, there is potential for targeted primary and secondary prevention interventions to reduce the disease burden – namely through alcohol cessation, weight loss interventions and HCC surveillance.
The Preventing Liver Cancer project looked at excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related liver disease and excess body fatness as well as the metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It assessed the evidence on changes in risk factor prevalence and progression to advanced liver disease and liver cancer and provided estimates of the proportion of HCC deaths in Australia that could be averted through HCC surveillance and other public health interventions.