Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Liver Cancer: Europe’s Public Health Ticking Time Bomb 27/10/2021 Thomas Berg & Maria Buti October is Liver Cancer Awareness month, and Europe has a liver cancer problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a 70% increase in liver cancer-related mortality in the region. In 2020, 87,000 Europeans were diagnosed with liver cancer while 78,000 died from the disease in the same year. Late diagnosis is a serious […] Continue reading ->
Liver Cancer: Europe’s Public Health Ticking Time Bomb 27/10/2021 Thomas Berg & Maria Buti October is Liver Cancer Awareness month, and Europe has a liver cancer problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a 70% increase in liver cancer-related mortality in the region. In 2020, 87,000 Europeans were diagnosed with liver cancer while 78,000 died from the disease in the same year. Late diagnosis is a serious […] Continue reading ->