Key Educational Points
Higher risk life styles such as heavy alcohol consumption, smoking and a sedentary life style increase the risk of developing liver cancer. There are simple lifestyle factors that you can change to reduce your risk of acquiring liver cancer. These include:
Lowering alcohol consumption
Lowering alcohol consumption
- Please refer to CAMH for information about alcohol and ways you can reduce alcohol in your life: https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/alcohol
- Please refer to CAMH for pathway to smoking cessation: http://smokingcessation.camh.ca/
- Please refer to Canada's Food Guide 2019 for more information on healthy food guide, recipes and strategies to improve your diet: https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/
Visit your health care provider if you have any of the indicated signs & symptoms of liver cancer.
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Attached you will find a printable pamphlet summarizing the key points about liver cancer.
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External Resources
Canadian Cancer Society |
Canadian Liver cancer foundation |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center |