Causes of liver cancer in women

Liver cancer is a tumor disease of the liver. The incidence of liver cancer in modern times is constantly increasing, which is directly related to people’s busy daily life and irregular eating habits. Everyone should know that liver cancer is a very harmful disease, but not everyone knows what causes liver cancer.

(1) Viral hepatitis: mainly hepatitis B and C virus infections, especially hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus carriers, whose incidence of primary liver cancer is 2 to 100 times higher than that of normal people; in areas with a high incidence of liver cancer, about 20% of people may be hepatitis B or hepatitis B virus carriers.

(2) Gene mutation: In recent years, some people believe that mutagens and viruses in the environment stimulate the activation of liver cell division response pathways, causing point mutations and gene translocations in cells, which are possible factors that accelerate the proliferation of cancer cells.

(3) Water pollution: Severe pollution of drinking water is one of the important causes of liver cancer, especially polluted ditch water, followed by river water, and well water. Therefore, in villages without tap water facilities, drinking well water should be encouraged.

(4) Chemical carcinogens: Chemical substances that can cause liver cancer are mainly N-nitroso compounds, such as nitrosamines and nitrosamides. In addition, pesticides, alcohol, safrole, etc. can also induce liver cancer.

(5) Other factors: Overnutrition (macronutrients) or nutritional deficiency (such as vitamin A, B1 deficiency), hemochromatosis, parasitic infection and heredity are also risk factors for liver cancer.

(6) Immune status: Some people believe that the plasma of liver cancer patients contains a blocking factor that can inhibit cellular immunity and protect liver cancer cells from being killed by immune cells. It has been proven that alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) can inhibit the phagocytosis of lymphocytes and macrophages.

The above-mentioned reasons are the common causes of liver cancer. I hope that the above information will be helpful to you and that you can take targeted preventive measures based on the above-mentioned causes. Liver cancer should be treated in time at the early stage of the disease. Otherwise, the longer you delay, the more difficult it will be to cure.