A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals clues about the link between liver cancer and hepatitis C. Scientists have long noted a link between chronic hepatitis C infection and an increased risk for liver cancer, and a new study may help explain why.

"What we've found is that one of the hepatitis C virus proteins (NS5B) targets a cell protein (retinoblastoma) that is crucial for suppressing the development of tumors, interfering with its ability to control cell proliferation." (Forbes.com)

August 26, 2005

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson has been diagnosed with liver cancer and told a newspaper in his native Pittsburgh that he is dying. Wilson, 60, who lives in Seattle, was diagnosed with the ailment in June. (startribune.com)

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April 20, 2005

A weakened measles virus, modified with a protein that normally takes up iodine in the thyroid gland, is being studied to treat human liver cancer cells grafted in an animal model. (MyDNA.com)

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March 27, 2005

A Japanese study, published in a recent issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute, suggested that drinking two or three cups of coffee a day may help prevent liver cancer. (FoodConsumer.org)

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March 8, 2005

It appears that diabetes is a strong risk factor for liver cancer, raising the risk two- to three-fold, investigators report. (UPMC Cancer Centers)

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November 1, 2004

A preliminary report from the Liver Cancer Network shows that liver cancer is increasing at the fastest rate of any other cancer in the US. (UPMC Cancer Centers)

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