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The deadly disease that is the healthcare system’s ‘bogey man coming over the hill’ – Sydney Morning Herald
Advocates are calling for greater public awareness of risk factors for liver cancer, which sees fewer than one in five survive for five years after diagnosis.
Liver cancer develops following liver damage, caused by either chronic infection, or genetic and behavioural impacts. There were 2599 diagnoses during 2019-20, of which 73 per cent were in men.
Dr Simone Strasser, a liver disease expert at Sydneys Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, said there was absolutely no question incidents of the cancer are increasing, noting a shift away from cases like Mr Karamihalis.
Unlike Peter Karamihalis, one in five people diagnosed with liver cancer do not survive within…
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