Obesity and diabetes. Both conditions raise your risk of liver cancer. Obesity can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma. The higher risk from diabetes may be due to high insulin levels in people with diabetes or from liver damage caused by the disease.
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Medical Definition of quadruplet. 1  1: one of four offspring born at one birth. 2  2quadruplets plural : a group of four offspring born at one birth.