Obesity and alcoholism in men are the main culprits of liver cancer

Hepatopathy is considered the number one illness in Taiwan, and men are especially more susceptible to it than women. The medical and public health services yesterday announced the Geographic Information System (GIS) data of liver cancer in Taiwan--according to which, hepatitis C is still the number one cause of liver cancer. However, alcoholism and obesity are also risk factors that are very much likely to become more detrimental as well in the next thirty years.

According to the statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, liver cancer is listed at number two among the ten deadliest cancers in Taiwan. Moreover, Chronic persistent hepatitis and liver cirrhosis have also long been among the ten leading causes of death in Taiwan.

In Taiwan, men are two times more likely than women to die of liver cancer; and every year, nearly eight thousand men suffer from liver cancer--when they do, they lose an average life expectancy of thirteen years.

And every two to three people in the nation have fatty liver, which is 30% of the time the trigger for hepatitis, and ultimately, liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Studies show that obese individuals are three times the more vulnerable to liver cancer.

The Chairman Taiwanese Medical Society for Liver Cancer, Wang Chung Gui, has pointed out that 5% of the cause for liver cancer is attributed to alcoholic hepatitis. He says that alcohol abstinence is best, or one can try to calculate the ethanol content in his alcohol. Men shouldn't have more than 60 grams of ethanol (1,500 Ml of beer, 500 Ml of red wine, 100 Ml 58 Sorghum) and women should have half of that.

The Chairman of Kaoshiung Research Association for the Control of the Liver Disease, Lu Sheng Nan, says that hepatitis C is mostly prevalent along the ocean coast in the Yunlin County, Chia Yi County, and Nan Tou Country region. Infection is speculated to be spread through medical related sources--such as syringes, acupuncture or tattooing needles, or even dirty dental equipments can put patients at risk of infections.

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