Liver cancer

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Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary in which the cancer starts in the liver, or it can be liver metastasis, or secondary, in which the cancer spreads from elsewhere in the body to the liver. Liver metastasis is the more common of the two liver cancers. According to the recent analysis, it is shown that metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, which was previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and is now considered as one of the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) globally, especially in developed nations, due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Primary liver cancer is globally the seventh-most frequent cancer and the third-leading cause of death from cancer. In 2018, it occurred in 866,136 people and resulted in 758,725 deaths globally. Higher rates of liver cancer occur where hepatitis...

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