Magnitude of Liver Cancer in Egypt - NCI

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Risk Factors for Liver CancerCertain types of Viral Hepatitis:Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV)and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important livercancer riskLong –Term Exposure to Aflatoxin:This carcinogenic substance is produced intropical and subtropical regions by a fungus thatoften contaminates peanuts, wheat, soybeans,ground nuts, corn, and rice
Risk Factors for Liver Cancer (continued)Vinyl Chloride and Thorium Dioxide:These chemicals are risk factors forangiosarcoma of the liver and to a lesserdegree, will increase the risk of HCCBirth Control Pills:Oral contraceptives are a cause of benigntumors, hepatic adenomas. They may alsoincrease the risk of HCC
Page 1 and 2: Magnitude of Liver Cancerin EgyptIn
Page 3 and 4: World• Liver cancer is the 5 th m
Page 5 and 6: World Estimated Cancer Deaths, Crud
Page 7 and 8: World Age-adjusted Death Rates byGe
Page 9 and 10: Frequency in Arab World (Males)Egyp
Page 11 and 12: Estimated New Cancer Cases, Crude a
Page 13: Most Common Sites in Females, Gharb
Page 16 and 17: Ten Most Common Cancer Sites Based
Page 18 and 19: Male to Female RatioCentral Cancer
Page 20 and 21: 3,056 (15.6%) New Cases of Digestiv
Page 22 and 23: Most Common Sites in Females, NCI 2
Page 24 and 25: Trend of Registered HCC Mortality i
Page 26 and 27: Egypt Mortality Statistics, Liver C
Page 30 and 31: Risk Factors for Liver Cancer (cont
Page 32 and 33: Conclusions• HCC is a recognized
Page 34 and 35: References• Globocan 2000: Cancer

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