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Cirrhosis is a severe liver condition characterised by scarring, cell damage, and nodules. Heres everything you need to know about its causes, symptoms, and healthy diet plans with which you can manage it effectively.

LYON, France, October 12, 2023--Regulatory News: POXEL SA (Euronext: POXEL - FR0012432516), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments for chronic serious diseases with metabolic pathophysiology, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and rare metabolic disorders, today announced that it will participate at two upcoming investor conferences.

The ALBI score, originally developed to stratify cirrhotic patients undergoing resection, has evolved into a vital tool for assessing prognosis and treatment efficacy in various stages of hepatocellular carcinoma and is now being explored for its utility in other liver-related diseases.

Arndt Vogel, MD, explains that the Child-Pugh score, although simpler to calculate than the ALBI score, sometimes lacks granularity in assessing liver function in hepatocellular carcinoma patients; however, both scoring systems are considered valuable tools in clinical settings and trials for evaluating liver function's prognostic impact on treatment outcomes.

Drs Vogel and Singal discuss the critical importance of assessing liver function in hepatocellular carcinoma patients, as it impacts prognosis and treatment strategies; they mention the evolution from Child-Pugh scoring to the ALBI score, which uses albumin and bilirubin levels, for a more objective evaluation of liver health.

Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO, discusses hepatocellular carcinoma, noting its rising global incidence and identifying underlying liver cirrhosis as a key risk factor influenced by conditions like viral hepatitis and fatty liver disease; diagnosis often involves radiographic imaging and triple-phase CT and MRI scans, while treatment necessitates a multidisciplinary approach involving hepatologists, surgeons, and other specialists.

Your liver silently performs numerous vital functions in your body, but it isnt immune to problems. Paying attention to these subtle symptoms can help catch liver issues in their early stages, allowing for prompt diagnosis and treatmment.

In this Woman’s Doctor segment, one in four adults in the U.S. has fatty liver disease. That's when fat builds up in your liver and can eventually cause problems with liver function.

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Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organizations (WHO) cancer research arm.