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Re:Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors fo... by caeril on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:16PM (#32523681)
> alcohol abuse is a surefire way to get liver cancer

...and even then, in the vast majority of primary liver cancer cases, cirrhosis is already present, and typically precedes the cancer. So yes, it's very likely that the generally unhealthy lifestyle of the alcoholic is the primary contributor, here.

Re:Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors fo... by bigfudge on Saturday August 20, 2022 @01:35AM (#32529418)
That doesn’t make much sense if the cirrhosis is also caused by the alcohol.