liver cancer

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Assessing The Global And Regional Burden Of Liver Disease

Press Release | American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) | November 2, 2013

Researchers from Australia presented their research on the underlying causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis deaths at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, concluding that these two diseases result in 1.75 million deaths each year. Viral hepatitis caused two thirds of those deaths... Read More »

Omics Future On Personalized Medicine, Computer Breeding And Open Platform

Staff Writer | Phys.org | November 4, 2013

As one of the most influential and fruitful annual conference in "Omics", the 8th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-8) was successfully concluded on November 1st with numerous updates provided on on-going research applying today's accurate and affordable technologies to advancing human health and agricultural breeding. [...] Read More »

Pharmaceutical CEO Says His Cancer-Fighting Drugs Aren't For Poor People

Vivian Giang | PolicyMic | January 27, 2014

Big pharmaceutical companies constantly compete with one another to come up with the next "superstar" life-saving drug. But when the cure becomes a means of making money rather than a way to save lives, maybe they should refocus their mission statements.

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Veterans Affairs Research Supports CDC Recommendation To Screen Baby Boomers For Hepatitis C

Press Release | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) | November 2, 2013

In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a one-time screening for all Americans born between 1945 and 1965. It is estimated that 1 in 30 baby boomers has been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and most don't know it. HCV is a serious liver disease including liver cancer, which is the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related deaths and the leading cause of liver transplants in the US. Read More »