Zinc reduced liver cancer in patients with liver disease

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Study eyed zinc for slowing progression of chronic liver disease
Publish date: November 14, 2016
By: Amy Karon Frontline Medical News
Key clinical point: Oral zinc sulfate supplementation might help prevent the progression of chronic liver disease and associated hepatocellular carcinoma.

Major finding: Despite having multiple indicators of worse liver disease, only 9.5% of zinc recipients developed hepatocellular carcinoma over 3 years, compared with 25% of patients in the control group (P = .005).

Data source: A retrospective cohort study of 267 patients with chronic liver disease but no hepatocellular carcinoma at baseline.

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