Surveillance & Treatment options for Advanced liver cancer - a podcast by Hillary Nez

• What is liver cancer and what typically causes it? 


• How much of your liver can you actually live without?


• What treatment options are available and what is on the forefront of liver cancer treatment today? 

Each year, over 500,000 new cases of #livercancer are diagnosed across the world and its estimated that over 390,000 people will die from this disease each year. Since 1981, Liver cancer rates have tripled most likely due to increased rates of #fattyliver, #hepatitisC and #hepatitisB. 

Join us as we explore these questions and many more in the latest episode. We will discuss the underlying risk factors and liver cancer, the need to know your liver test results, and not ignore subtle abnormalities HCC.

Liver cancer is one of the growing public health concerns that we have been speaking about for years is related to the obesity epidemic which resulted in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver cancer. if Left untreated, liver cancer is universally fatal.

Being aware of your risk factors, and getting early intervention, can lead to an excellent outcome.

Links from show notes

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/liver-cancer/

https://stemcellthailand.org/oncology/liver-cancer-treatment/

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/10/418656/cancer-immunotherapy-uniquely-suppressed-liver-tumors

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-021-00438-0

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603808/

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