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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on October 15, 2015, 01:13:42 pm
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Hep C increases the overall risk of developing potentially fatal liver cancer by a whopping 17-fold.
For the most part, liver cancer develops in people with hep C if they already have severe scarring of the liver—advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis—and if they have been living with the virus for at least 20 years.
Fortunately, there is a good deal that people with hep C can do to reduce their risk of liver cancer: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/liver_cancer_risk_2502_27910.shtml