Study Identifies Potential Drug Target to Prevent Some Liver Cancers

While new cases of most cancer types have dropped over the past decade, cases of the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), are on the rise. Until recently, the main cause of HCC was hepatitis C virus infection. Although hepatitis C infection still causes many cases of HCC, the biggest contributor to the recent rise in cases is a condition called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can progress to HCC.