Liver cancer crisis looming as prevention lags, says Lancet report

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Liver cancer crisis looming as prevention lags, says Lancet report  A new report from The Lancet reveals that three out of five liver cancer cases worldwide are linked to preventable risk factors, with obesity-related cases on the rise.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/04/liver-cancer-crisis-looming-as-prevention-lags-says-lancet-report  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A report has linked liver cases to preventable risk factors.

00:04The Lancet report now says over 60% of liver cancer cases worldwide

00:09are preventable by addressing risk factors like viral hepatitis,

00:14alcohol and obesity-related liver disease.

00:17This is most likely evident in poor households experiencing poor diet and uncontrolled alcoholism.

00:23Liver disease or metabolic symptoms in general is actually becoming a poor man's disease

00:28because the people who are poor are the most affected by poor diet

00:34because they're taking unhealthy foods.

00:37So unhealthy food is actually becoming a bigger problem among the poor

00:40in the third world, in the rural areas, because they're not aware.

00:46So somebody takes Fanta and Coke with bread for lunch.

00:53That is very, very unhealthy.

00:54It used to be seen that these kind of foods are a sign of affluence.

00:59It used to be seen that a pot belly or weight is a sign of affluence.

01:03It's actually the other way around and we need to change that narrative.

01:07The African continent is also not left out.

01:11Professor Hashem El Sarag links diet and poverty

01:15and believes this is driving much of the rise.

01:19Africa is also not immune to the obesity epidemic

01:24with the progressive westernization of their lifestyle and their diets.

01:30So they might be hit with multiple risk factors.

01:33A leftover from the old risk factors that really is not moving fast enough

01:38and emergence of the new risk factors that are happening as a result of globalization.

01:44The report further warns that without urgent action cases could nearly double by 2050

01:50but targeted prevention if all schools save millions of lives worldwide.

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