In a majority of cases, liver cancer does not doesn't have to happen if people avoid risk factors, a new global study performed in Hong Kong has found.

Simple lifestyle changes could drastically cut cases of liver cancer, according to academics. The Lancet Commission on liver cancer found that three in five liver cancer cases could be prevented by reducing alcohol consumption and obesity and by increasing uptake of the hepatitis vaccine.

At least 60% of liver cancers globally are preventable through risk-factor reduction, including obesity-linked metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.