title: Liver cell cancer--a global problem.
abstract: Global variations in the natural history of Primary Liver Cancer and relationship to aetiology is discussed. The global incidence of this cancer is still incomplete but in Africa and the Far East where the disease is common, the establishment of Cancer Registries have provided suitable data for comparison with developed cancer registries in North America and Europe. Research into aetiology has been active in recent years and has given good clues to aetiology. Some of these studies may later lead to studies on primary prevention.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D000096702:Aflatoxin Poisoning