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Ghana: Hepatitis B behind increase in liver cancer cases – Dr Micah

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Ghanaian Times
Published on 2026-09-04 08:28:00

About three out of every four liver cancer cases diagnosed in Ghana are linked to chronic hepatitis B infection, a gastroenterologist, Dr Eileen Akonobea Micah, has disclosed.

She said many of those who developed the disease were in their productive years and often reported to hospital only after the cancer had advanced, leaving them eligible mainly for palliative care, which prolonged life by only three to six months.

“These are people in the prime of their lives. Many are breadwinners…

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