Liver cancer

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

• No early symptoms - there are often no symptoms in its early stages
• Upper right abdomen pain
• Swelling in upper right abdomen
• Abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder
• Swollen abdomen

See full list of 34 symptoms of Liver cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Liver cancer

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Diagnostic Tests for Liver cancer

• Physical exam
• Blood tests
• Liver function tests
• Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test
• CT scan

See full list of 13 diagnostic tests for Liver cancer

Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Liver cancer
• Failure to diagnose Liver cancer
• Underlying causes of Liver cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Liver cancer

Misdiagnosis and Liver cancer

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Causes of Liver cancer

• Other cancers - liver cancer is a common metastasis
  • Breast cancer
  • Colon cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Stomach cancer

See full list of 16 causes of Liver cancer

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Treatments for Liver cancer

• Chemotherapy
  • Hepatic arterial infusion
  • Hepatic arterial infusion pump
  • Chemoembolization
• Radiation therapy

See full list of 20 treatments for Liver cancer

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Patient Surveys for Liver cancer

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Prognosis for Liver cancer

More about prognosis of Liver cancer

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:

• Safety and Efficacy of a Genetically Engineered Herpes Simplex Virus NV1020 to Treat Colorectal Cancer Metastatic to Liver - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - NV1020
• A Phase 3 Study of Talaporfin Sodium and Interstitial Light Emitting Diodes Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Talaporfin sodium
• A Phase I Study of Isolated Hepatic Portal and Arterial Perfusion (IHP) With Escalating Dose Melphalan for Primary or Metastatic Unresectable Cancers of the Liver - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Magnetic-Targeted Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Cancer Metastatic to the Liver - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - MTC-DOX for Injection
• Seocalcitol Versus Placebo in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Seocalcitol

See full list of 241 Clinical Trials for Liver cancer

Statistics for Liver cancer

• Medical statistics for Liver cancer
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Liver cancer
• Death and Mortality statistics for Liver cancer
• Society 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

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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)