ARE YOU AT RISK FOR

LIVER CANCER?

LEARN THE
FACTS

LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE

LIVER CANCER IN THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND
PHILIPPINES OBSTINACY AMONG FILIPINOS MAKE IT
MORE DIFFICULT TO DETECT THE
LIVER OR HEPATIC CANCER, WHICH CONDITION EARLY AND PROVIDE
ORIGINATES IN LIVER CELLS, IS THE THIRD INTERVENTION FOR LIVER DISEASES.
MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE PHILIPPINES. HEPATIC CANCER DEVELOPS
IT IS THE SECOND MOST PREVALENT AMONG OMINOUSLY, OFTEN PRESENTING NO
MEN, AND NINTH AMONG FEMALES IN THE
COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT
SYMPTOMS UNTIL THE TUMOUR IS IN
OF HEALTH. THE ADVANCED STAGE AND THE
OUTLOOK FOR RECOVERY IS BLEAK.

10 TO 12 PERCENT OF THE
IN 2014, LIVER CANCER CLAIMED
PHILIPPINE POPULATION (101
THE LIVES OF 20 FILIPINOS A DAY;
MILLION) HAVE LIVER CANCER.
THE NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO
GLOBALLY, IT IS JUST AS
DOUBLE BY 2030.
WORRISOME. IN 2013, THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
SAID 50 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR
WERE ATTRIBUTED TO LIVER
CIRRHOSIS AND LIVER CANCER IN
THE LAST TWO DECADES.

RISK FACTORS

GENDER CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS

Most common risk factor for liver cancer is
More common in men than chronic (long-term) infection with hepatitis B
in women virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV).

HEAVY ALCOHOL USE ANABOLIC STEROIDS

Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of cirrhosis in Anabolic steroids are male hormones used by some athletes to
the US, which in turn is linked with an increased increase their strength and muscle mass. Long-term anabolic
steroid use can slightly increase the risk of hepatocellular cancer.
risk of liver cancer.

OBESITY TYPE 2 DIABETES

Being obese (very overweight) increases the Type 2 diabetes has been linked with an increased
risk of developing liver cancer. This is probably risk of liver cancer, usually in patients who also
because it can result in fatty liver disease and have other risk factors such as heavy alcohol use
cirrhosis. and/or chronic viral hepatitis.

RACE
TOBACCO USE In the United States, Asian Americans and Pacific
SMOKING INCREASES THE RISK OF LIVER Islanders have the highest rates of liver cancer,
CANCER. followed by Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska
Natives, African Americans, and whites

SYMPTOMS TREATMENTS
SURGERY
jaundice
- Surgery to
itchy skin, darker pee and
remove the
paler poo than usual
tumor
Loss of appetite - Liver transplant
Feeling tired or having no surgery
energy CHEMOTHERAPY
Feeling generally unwell or RADIATION
having symptoms like flu THERAPY
A lump in the right side of TARGETED DRUG
your tummy THERAPY
THERMAL ABLATION

SOURCES:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/liver-
cancer/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353664
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/liver-cancer/causes-risks-
prevention/prevention.html
https://today.mims.com/liver-cancer-in-the-philippines--a-silent-
epidemic