Alcohol liver disease kills patients from heart attacks and cancer, not just cirrhosis

A new systematic review reveals that people with alcohol-related liver disease face significant risks from diseases outside the liver—particularly cardiovascular events and cancer—that often go overlooked in treatment planning. The finding reshapes how clinicians should manage these patients and has implications for insurers, healthcare systems, and pharmaceutical companies developing therapies.

Originaltitel: Extra-hepatic morbidity and mortality in alcohol-related liver disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis