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A breakthrough in liver cancer research by Chinese University scientists has raised hopes for a treatment for the disease in the near future.
It was previously thought that men were more prone to liver cancer than women because they drank and smoked more. But a three-year study by researchers from the University's Institute of Digestive Disease now shows that a male sex hormone, androgen, is the reason behind the prevalence of the cancer in men.
The study also discovered that an enzyme called CCRK - which is controlled by androgen - is responsible for tumour growth in the liver.
It was previously thought that men were more prone to liver cancer than women because they drank and smoked more. But a three-year study by researchers from the University's Institute of Digestive Disease now shows that a male sex hormone, androgen, is the reason behind the prevalence of the cancer in men.
The study also discovered that an enzyme called CCRK - which is controlled by androgen - is responsible for tumour growth in the liver.