Liver Cancer Due to Chronic Inflammation: Tumor Growth Follows Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis)
Aug. 30, 2013 — Liver cancer (Hepatocellular
Carcinoma, HCC) usually arises as the result of a chronic, inflammatory
liver disease. The most common causes here are excessive alcohol
consumption as well as a high-fat diet and also chronic infection with
the hepatitis viruses B and C. In the course of the inflammatory
process, the liver cells (hepatocytes) die more frequently due to
programmed cell death. The result is increased cell growth, also
referred to as compensatory proliferation, which can lead to tumour
development.
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