About 1 in 30 people
worldwide has chronic hepatitis B, the main underlying cause of liver
cancer. We talk to Dr. Steven Brower at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, a liver
cancer specialist, in honor of Liver Cancer Awareness Month.
THE SPECIALIST : Dr. Steven Brower
The director of cancer surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Dr. Steven
Brower specializes in liver cancer and gastrointestinal cancers.
November is Liver Cancer Awareness Month.
WHO’S AT RISK
The second most common cancer worldwide is liver cancer, with 700,000
new cases diagnosed each year — about 33,000 of which will occur in the
U.S.
“Liver cancer is an abnormal growth that arises in a liver, usually one
that has been damaged by other causes,” says Brower. “Hepatitis is the
single most common underlying cause of liver cancer — up to 80% of all
liver cancer worldwide is due to hepatitis B alone.”
Millions in the metro New York area are at risk, especially
Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, who come from two regions where
the disease is endemic.
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