Incidence and Patterns of Liver Cancers in Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2010: Analysis of National Cancer Registry Data.

The <45-year age category showed an increasing trend with an EAPC of 5.8 (95% CI = –1 to 12.9; p > 0.05).

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For instance, the incidence in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia is far greater compared with South-Central Asia, which include India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 14 However, recent analysis has shown that the liver cancer incidence rates continue to increase in some of the traditionally low-risk regions while a decreasing trend has been observed in highest-risk countries in Asia. 14 HCCs are the commonest primary liver cancer, followed by ICC. 14 In Sri Lanka, a variety of risk factors may have given rise to the observed trends in the patterns of liver cancer.

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