CONCLUSION
In summary, our study depicted that, older age, male gender, excess
alcohol intake, viral hepatitis, and liver cirrhosis were the common
risk factors for liver cancer in Nepal. Since most of the patients are
asymptomatic in the initial stage of cancer, it is already late when
they become symptomatic and present to us when curative treatment is no
longer possible. Being a single-center study, the findings are not
generalizable to all the Nepalese population. Therefore, we suggest a
multicenter study to draw a clearer picture of the prevalence, risk
factors, clinical presentation, and treatment modalities of HCC in
Nepal.