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San Francisco Has the Highest Rate of Liver Cancer in the U.S.

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 17th, 2010

Recent data released from the National Cancer Institute confirms that San Francisco has the highest rate of liver cancer in the nation. The leading cause of liver cancer is hepatitis B.

May 2010 marks the 15th Anniversary of National Hepatitis B Awareness Month. The San Francisco Hep B Free initiative is launching "Which One Deserves To Die'" a provocative ad campaign alerting the Asian American community that 1 in 10 Asian Americans is chronically infected with hepatitis B compared to 1 in 1,000 in the general population.

San Francisco Hep B Free is a unique collaboration of over 50 private and public organizations, including the Asian Liver Center...

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