Liver cancer is the sixth most types of illnesses suffered by many societies throughout the world. And you know, this disease was more experienced men, with a ratio of three-fold compared with women.
This is expressed by Professor of Medicine, University of Indonesia Faculty and Staff of the Division of Hepatology Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine, Prof. Dr. H. Ali Sulaiman Ph.D., SpPD, KGEH, FACG, in Jakarta.
What indications men are more at risk of attack liver cancer than women? Prof. Ali explained, "The cause itself can be due to hormonal differences between men and women."
Other causes are exposure differences that allow men more outside the home than women, so the possibility of immune women against the virus better.
Not only that, men are also more likely to have hepatitis B and C be one risk factor for liver cancer in humans. In addition, cirrhosis (hardening of the liver), obesity, diabetes, long-term exposure to aflatoxins (toxins in peanuts), smoking, alcohol consumption, and consumption of arsenic contaminated water.
People affected by liver cancer, will usually show some signs of health. The most common sign, namely the feeling eneg, vomiting, loss of appetite, persistent, reduced body weight in a short time, full after eating small portions, a hard mass on the right just below the rib cavity, pain around the shoulder right, the skin and eyes become yellow, unusual fatigue, dizziness and sometimes itchy.
Prof. Ali acknowledges the early diagnosis of this disease is often difficult because symptoms are sometimes not specific. Even more than 40% of patients experience no symptoms when diagnosed. However, the journey of hepatitis B / C to be a liver cancer long enough, can reach 10-15 years, so that prevention can still be done.
Early detection is necessary to know whether there are signs of the onset of symptoms of liver cancer. Detection is usually done through blood tests (inspection using the tumor marker alpha-fetoprotein in the blood), imaging (ultrasound, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging) or a biopsy.
"If the family history of any who died of liver cancer, the risk of hepatitis B to liver cancer will be faster. So, if it has been exposed to hepatitis B or C, the patient must diligently check-ups to prevent it. "
Prof. Ali also noted cases of liver cancer data. Of the 632,000 cases diagnosed each year, about 450,000 occur in the Asia Pacific region (more than 70%).
While in Indonesia, according to data from GLOBOCAN 2008, there were 13,238 cases with a mortality rate reaching 12,825 of the total number of events. Liver cancer is usually more common in patients age 40 -50 years.
This is expressed by Professor of Medicine, University of Indonesia Faculty and Staff of the Division of Hepatology Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine, Prof. Dr. H. Ali Sulaiman Ph.D., SpPD, KGEH, FACG, in Jakarta.
What indications men are more at risk of attack liver cancer than women? Prof. Ali explained, "The cause itself can be due to hormonal differences between men and women."
Other causes are exposure differences that allow men more outside the home than women, so the possibility of immune women against the virus better.
Not only that, men are also more likely to have hepatitis B and C be one risk factor for liver cancer in humans. In addition, cirrhosis (hardening of the liver), obesity, diabetes, long-term exposure to aflatoxins (toxins in peanuts), smoking, alcohol consumption, and consumption of arsenic contaminated water.
People affected by liver cancer, will usually show some signs of health. The most common sign, namely the feeling eneg, vomiting, loss of appetite, persistent, reduced body weight in a short time, full after eating small portions, a hard mass on the right just below the rib cavity, pain around the shoulder right, the skin and eyes become yellow, unusual fatigue, dizziness and sometimes itchy.
Prof. Ali acknowledges the early diagnosis of this disease is often difficult because symptoms are sometimes not specific. Even more than 40% of patients experience no symptoms when diagnosed. However, the journey of hepatitis B / C to be a liver cancer long enough, can reach 10-15 years, so that prevention can still be done.
Early detection is necessary to know whether there are signs of the onset of symptoms of liver cancer. Detection is usually done through blood tests (inspection using the tumor marker alpha-fetoprotein in the blood), imaging (ultrasound, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging) or a biopsy.
"If the family history of any who died of liver cancer, the risk of hepatitis B to liver cancer will be faster. So, if it has been exposed to hepatitis B or C, the patient must diligently check-ups to prevent it. "
Prof. Ali also noted cases of liver cancer data. Of the 632,000 cases diagnosed each year, about 450,000 occur in the Asia Pacific region (more than 70%).
While in Indonesia, according to data from GLOBOCAN 2008, there were 13,238 cases with a mortality rate reaching 12,825 of the total number of events. Liver cancer is usually more common in patients age 40 -50 years.
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