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Introduction: Liver cancer

Liver cancer: Cancer of the liver. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Liver cancer is available below.

Symptoms of Liver cancer

See full list of 34 symptoms of Liver cancer

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Medical Textbooks Online about Liver cancer

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs"
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Liver cancer

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver cancer?

Misdiagnosis and Liver cancer

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Causes of Liver cancer

See full list of 16 causes of Liver cancer

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Treatments for Liver cancer

See full list of 20 treatments for Liver cancer

Videos for Liver cancer

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Hepatitis B Overview

Hepatitis B OverviewHepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver often spread through sexual contact. But people are usually unaware they carry the virus. Find out if...

Liver Transplant Challenges

Liver Transplant ChallengesLiver transplants are the last source of hope for many patients with advanced liver disease. But not all patients are eligible for transplants, and...

 
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Patient Surveys for Liver cancer

Prognosis for Liver cancer

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Reseach about Liver cancer

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Clinical Trials for Liver cancer

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Liver cancer include:

See full list of 241 Clinical Trials for Liver cancer

Statistics for Liver cancer

Types of Liver cancer

  • Cell types affected:
    • Hepatocellular carcinoma - primary liver cancer (hepatoma); also called "malignant hepatoma".
    • Secondary liver cancer - caused by metastasis of some other non-liver cancer cell type.
  • Stage of liver cancer:
    • Localized resectable liver cancer - a local cancer than can be treated with partial liver surgery.

See full list of 7 Types of Liver cancer

Stories from Users Related to Liver cancer

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Definitions of Liver cancer:

Malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Liver cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Liver cancer, or a subtype of Liver cancer, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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