– Approximately nine out of ten (91%) people surveyed do not know
anything or only very little about viral hepatitis and only around one
in six (15%) name hepatitis as the main cause of liver cancer –
Beerse,
Belgium, 17 October, 2013 – A new survey to mark Liver Cancer Awareness
Month (October) has shown a lack of awareness among the general public
about viral hepatitis and its link to liver cancer, the sixth most
common cancer and the third most common cause of death from cancer
worldwide.1 Differences in levels of awareness were also seen between
the countries surveyed.
The survey, commissioned by Janssen
Pharmaceutica NV (Janssen), with the support of the World Hepatitis
Alliance (WHA), the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA) and the
International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA), was conducted in Russia,
Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom (UK) involving more than 5,000
members of the general public to provide a snapshot of public awareness
across the WHO European Region.*
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