The launch event of the campaign, titled ‘Protect Yourself’, organised by Qatar Cancer Society to raise awareness on liver cancer.
Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) has launched ‘Protect Yourself’ campaign to raise awareness on liver cancer that is the seventh most common cancer among men, according to Qatar National Cancer registry 2015 — the Ministry of Public Health .
Nour Mekkia, Health Educator at Qatar Cancer Society, said that there are many risk factors that can increase the chances of developing liver cancer. The most important risk factor is gender and the cancer is more common among males than female, and its common among older people.
“Most people diagnosed are 55 and above. Chronic viral hepatitis B&C these infections can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer ( Cirrhosis ,alcohol consumption , obesity and tobacco use,” said Mekkia.
About the others risk factors she said that people with type 2 diabetes tend to be overweight or obese, which can lead to health problems in the liver in addition to occupational exposure to chemicals.
Mekkia definite liver cancer as a growth uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the tissue of the liver (primary liver cancer) or abnormal cells that spread to the liver from the other organs (metastatic liver cancer).
She stressed the importance of early detection of the disease and it is often hard to find liver cancer early because signs and symptoms often do not appear at an early stage.
