Table 1.

Global frequency of new cases of hepatocellular carcinoma

Year (reference)	Total number	Males	Females
1990	437 408	316 300	121 100
2000	564 300	398 364	165 972
2002 (The World health report, 2003)	714 600	504 600	210 000

Adapted from Parkin et al, 2001, 2005[2,5] and Bosch et al[8].