Risk of hepatitis C with liver cancer

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The second brother is a patient with hepatitis C. It seems that the probability of this disease transforming into liver cancer is quite high. He is very afraid and has strengthened daily maintenance. I don't know the specific possibility. Let me talk about the probability of hepatitis C with liver cancer.

Risk of hepatitis C with liver cancer

First, from hepatitis to liver cancer, we have to go through the process of hepatitis chronic hepatitis cirrhosis liver cancer Zhang Shaogeng said, "if not treated as soon as possible, if it is hepatitis B, this process will generally last for more than 20 years. And hepatitis C, it's a decade or so. "

Second: in hepatitis B patients, the probability of liver cirrhosis leading to liver cancer is about 10%, while in hepatitis C patients, the probability is 30%. According to the announcement of National Notifiable Infectious Diseases issued by the Ministry of health in October 2007, the number of reported deaths of hepatitis C has risen from the tenth five years ago to the fifth among all infectious diseases in China.

Third: the terrible thing about hepatitis C is that once you get sick, there is a 50% - 85% chance that you will develop into a chronic disease, while the probability that acute hepatitis B will develop into chronic hepatitis B is only 25%. When acute hepatitis evolves into chronic hepatitis, it means that the probability of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer will increase in the future.

matters needing attention

Hepatitis C should be careful of the deterioration of the disease into liver cancer, because the probability of hepatitis C turning into liver cancer is relatively large compared with other liver diseases, about 30%, but patients should also be optimistic, not all hepatitis C will turn into liver cancer, attention to maintenance can be avoided.