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Comment
. 2011 Jun 28;17(24):2976.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i24.2976.

Hepatocellular carcinoma and industrial epidemics

Alain Braillon, Gérard Dubois
Comment

Hepatocellular carcinoma and industrial epidemics

Alain Braillon et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Worldwide, the burden of the non viral causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is usually underestimated. Clearly industrial goods, tobacco, alcohol and processed foods are the agents of new epidemics in modern times which far outscore the burden of infectious agents on morbidity and mortality. Smoking, a dose-related contributing factor for HCC, receives too little attention in clinical practice. In France, tobacco, hepatitis B and C virus and alcohol are the main risk factors for HCC mortality (33%, 31% and 26%, respectively). In developing countries, where tobacco consumption is dramatically increasing, this epidemic may soon surpass hepatitis B. Obesity and diabetes are the contributing factors too. The role of industrial processed foods in the increase of the prevalence of obesity and diabetes cannot be ignored.

Keywords: Alcohol; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Industrial epidemics; Processed foods; Tobacco.

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