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Dr Nekisa Zakeri, Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant Hepatologist, Group Leader Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London

Liver cancer deaths are rapidly increasing – tackling preventable causes would save lives

More than 6,000 people die from liver cancer every year in the UK. Peakstock/ Shutterstock

Liver cancer is one of the fastest rising causes of cancer-related deaths in the UK, and the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

More than 6,000 people die from liver cancer in the UK each year. Its major drivers are largely preventable, but public awareness of the scale of the problem remains low.

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