28/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - German Christian Democrat Thomas Ulmer and the European Liver Patients' Association (ELPA) have called on the Slovenian Presidency of the Council to promote hepatitis screening in Europe to prevent liver cancer, a press release says. Viral hepatitis is the main cause of liver cancer. Hepatitis C affects some 200 million people worldwide and 12 million in Europe. The situation with regard to hepatitis B is similar, with 1 million new infections in Europe every...