Liver Tumor Interventions

In developing countries, liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths. In the United States, it is the eighth leading cause.                                                      However, in contrast to most other major forms of cancer, liver cancer is on the rise in the United States. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in May 2010, the rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer, increased from 2.7 cases per 100,000 people in 2001 to 3.2 cases per 100,000 in 2006—an average annual increase of 3.5%.
Source: Radiology Today, April 2011, Vol. 12 No. 4 P. 22