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doseage makes the poison, no? has there been an explosion of liver cancer?
by stjohnswarts 4y ago
doseage makes the poison, no? has there been an explosion of liver cancer?
- _delirium 4y agoThere's been a significant increase in the U.S. [1], though there are multiple possible causes. Besides environmental pollution, two factors often quoted are increases in viral hepatitis and obesity, which are both risk factors. [1] "Liver cancer death rates jumped a startling 43 percent in the United States between 2000 and 2016" https://www.mskcc.org/news/what-s-behind-rise-liver-cancer-deaths-and-what-can-be-done-about-it https://www.mskcc.org/news/what-s-behind-rise-liver-cancer-d...