Liver Cancer
Liver cancer is the 6th most common cancer worldwide, and there were 866,136 new diagnoses in 2022.1 It’s estimated that 42,240 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed in 2025.2 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer.3
A few risk factors for liver cancer include3:
- Sex: More common in men than in women.
- Race/Ethnicity: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have the highest rates of liver cancer in the U.S.
- Chronic Viral Hepatitis: The most common risk factor globally is long-term infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus, which lead to cirrhosis of the liver.
- Cirrhosis: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and certain autoimmune and inherited metabolic diseases can cause cirrhosis, which is scarring of the liver that increases liver cancer risk.
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Tobacco and/or Heavy Alcohol Use
- Obesity
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