Liver Cancer Soaring in California Hispanic Men

Scientists have found that rates of liver cancer in US-born Hispanic men in California have increased by 87%.

According to a recent study, scientists at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) have found that rates of liver cancer in US-born Hispanic men in California have increased by 87%. These men are at a significantly higher risk of liver cancer than California Hispanic men born outside of the United States. Liver cancer risk is also higher among both Hispanic males and females in more ethnically isolated and lower income areas of the state, according to the recent 16-year span of statewide cancer registry data.

The results of this study, which is the first to examine liver cancer rates by neighborhood acculturation level and socioeconomic status, were recently published in th