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Age 23, not overweight, non smoker, and doesn't drink too often having liver cancer. how is this possible?
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What type of cancer?: You have not provided information about he tumor type. Sporadic, uncommon types of cancers can occur without exposure to known carcinogens.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Risk factors: Unfortunately liver cancer can arise in very young patients. The most common reason is a chronic hepatitis b infection seen in individuals born in high risk areas (such as china, or africa).
Answered 1/12/2015
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