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Liver disease affects 500,000 people in the UK according to the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. In most cases, the initial insult to the liver does not cause any symptoms and is said to be silent. One such disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease of, as of yet, unknown origin that is progressive in most symptomatic patients, advancing toward cirrhosis and liver failure .It mainly affects young men from the age of 20 to 40 years and it is closely associated with inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis .The only proven treatment is liver transplantation. Despite an increasing need overall, the number of liver transplants for all causes fell by 5% in 2004-2005.

It is increasingly hard to find suitable donors and waiting lists are growing. The overall increase in liver diseases is even more remarkable among Asian men - who are four times as likely to die as a result of liver disease. According to Dr Neil Fisher, whose research is published in the British Medical Journal Œ‚the situation is worrying and shows no sign of abating". The rate of increase is the same among white men, white women and Asian women, but higher in Asian men. PSC is on the increase and there is no funding for research

It is important to realise that not all liver diseases are alcohol related.

Please help us to raise funds for medical research and treatment for sufferers with PSC. As a registered not for profit charity, the PSC Trust is reliant on help from the general public and corporate sponsorship. We have do not have government funding so support from individual donations, charitable trusts, legacies, and the corporate sector is vital for the Trust's future. All Funds are used to help-there are no paid staff.

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We are organising an international conference on 1st September 2006
- please visit our website www.psctrust.com for details