Does everyone with hepatitis C eventually develop liver cancer?
No — in fact, most don’t. Only people who develop cirrhosis as a complication of hepatitis C have a higher risk of developing liver cancer. About 20 percent of people with hepatitis C develop cirrhosis — advanced liver scarring caused by decades of inflammation. Of those who do develop cirrhosis, about 20 percent eventually develop liver cancer. So overall, among all people with hepatitis C, the chance of developing liver cancer at some point in your life is about 4 percent.
