Liver scarring can pave the way to cancer down the line. A new blood test in development might help doctors spot it.

MASLD and Liver Cancer: What’s the Link? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a condition where too much fat builds up in your liver. Unlike fatty liver caused by heavy ...

Cancer of the liver, seen in a radial cross-section abdominal scan. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The number of new liver cancer cases will nearly double in the next 25 ...

A surprising new study reveals that blocking a supposedly protective enzyme, Caspase-2, could actually backfire—raising the risk of chronic liver damage and cancer over time. Researchers found that ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is known to be associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but how and why they are connected remains unknown. Researchers from Mass General Brigham ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As many as three in five liver cancer cases could be prevented—with obesity-linked cases on the rise in particular. This ...

Salk Institute scientists discovered that bile acids in the liver can weaken immune cell function, making immunotherapy less effective against liver cancer. They pinpointed specific bile acids that ...

A new review from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona provides one of the clearest roadmaps to date for understanding and treating liver cancer, one of the ...

Primary liver cancer continues to pose a major global health challenge, ranking as the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.