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The most common diseases associated with are chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholism,
and ( scarring of the liver ). Moreover, chronic viral hepatitis is common in
alcoholism, and both and alcoholism cause cirrhosis which usually precedes the
development of cancer. Therefore, the contributions and interrelationships of ,
viral hepatitis, and cirrhosis in the development of liver cancer are complex.
Despite the complexity, it is important to try to understand the contributions of
each disease so that patients at highest risk for liver cancer can be targeted for
. Theoretically, they also might be targeted with treatments that prevent the
development of liver cancer, when such treatments are developed.
A practical study published in October 2007 has extended important the latest
about the homogeneity of liver cancer to chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholism, and
cirrhosis. This is a manly study owing to it used the records of Swedish health
registries to discern patients for inclusion in the study. The Swedish registries
consist of cleverness on the entire society of Sweden. They are hefty and whole
registries and dominion been in avail for multifarious age. In materiality, they
posses provided a treasure of score about rife diseases.
An analysis of the Swedish data demonstrated that among patients with alcoholism
slick was slightly more than a coupled accrual in the risk of liver cancer in that
compared with the general human relay. This insufficient development suggests that
alcoholism alone is not strongly related to the development of liver cancer. On
the other hand, patients who were alcoholics but also developed cirrhosis,
presumably since a settlement of their alcoholism, had a 22 - commune
aggrandizement in the risk of liver cancer in that compared with the general
general public. Remarkably, the development of cirrhosis in alcoholics
substantially increases the risk for liver cancer.
Patients with chronic viral hepatitis had a 34 - district greater risk for liver
cancer because compared with the general humans. Patients with both chronic viral
hepatitis and cirrhosis, however, had a much greater burgeoning in the development
of liver cancer - - 118 - district. ( Presumably, the cirrhosis was caused by the
chronic hepatitis. ) Decidedly, the combination of chronic viral hepatitis and
cirrhosis has a exact well-made association with the development of liver cancer.
This association is much stronger than the association of the combination of
alcoholism and cirrhosis with liver cancer. The stronger association with viral
hepatitis than alcohol supports a greater role for the hepatitis viruses through
compared with alcohol in promoting liver cancer.
What can we conclude from this study ? Primeval, the risk of liver cancer is
remarkably fresh in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis. The risk
also is another in patients who are alcoholic and own cirrhosis, although the risk
is less. Second, if we craving to substantially prevent the development of liver
cancer, we duty spot patients before they evolve cirrhosis and accordingly prevent
cirrhosis. Third, existing and newer techniques for liver cancer surveillance
probably should be applied to all patients with both chronic viral hepatitis and
cirrhosis and possibly to patients with both alcoholism and cirrhosis. Fourth,we
need to develop better techniques for liver cancer surveillance. A satisfactory
solution to the problem of liver cancer in chronic viral hepatitis and alcoholism
will not be quick or easy.
With all the best
EVANG. ADEBISI K. KELVIN