Alarming increase of NASH as cause of liver cancer

Ana Craciun; Helena Cortez-Pinto

doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100723

Alarming increase of NASH as cause of liver cancer

Cell Rep Med. 2022 Aug 16;3(8):100723. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100723.

Authors

Ana Craciun¹, Helena Cortez-Pinto²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Gastrenterologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
² Clínica Universitária de Gastrenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

A very interesting recent article by Huang and colleagues evaluated the global epidemiology of liver cancer from 2010 to 2019 and showed that non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the fastest growing cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).¹.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / epidemiology
Humans
Liver Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / epidemiology