A new Lancet study warns liver cancer cases could nearly double by 2050, if no action is taken. The authors emphasise intensified efforts against hepatitis, obesity, and alcohol consumption - major risk factors for the rising cases.

Liver cancer: In most cases, it doesn’t have to happen, a new global study finds. Research suggests that 60% of cases of this often deadly disease are preventable by avoiding or treating big risk factors.

The proportions of alcohol- and obesity-related liver cancers, however, are projected to rise in the next 25 years. Alcohol accounted for 18.8% of liver cancers in 2022, and that