Abstract

The age-standardized incidence rate of primary liver cancer (PLC) in Geneva was 9.7 per 100,000 in males, a figure four or five times higher than incidence rates reported elsewhere in Europe. These PLC's were often associated with cirrhosis and alcoholism. This indicated that the toll of PLC related to alcoholism and to alcoholic cirrhosis may be greater than anticipated.

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