Etiologic fractions in patients of hepatocellular carcinoma in India with and without a background of cirrhosis: a multi-centric study.
Tushar PrabhakarKanica KaushalManya PrasadEkta GuptaAjit SoodAjay K JainAkash ShuklaAshish GoelAjay DusejaAnoop SarayaSamir ShahGuresh KumarShiv Kumar SarinPublished in: Hepatology international (2023)
This large multi-centric study demonstrates that NAFLD is the most important risk factor for development of both cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic HCC in India and has overtaken viral hepatitis. Awareness campaigns and large-scale screening are required to reduce the high burden of NAFLD-related HCC in India.