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Liver cancer: Introduction
Liver cancer: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary malignancy 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
- more symptoms...»
See full list of 41 symptoms of Liver cancer
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Liver cancer:
- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
- Liver Health & Hepatitis: Home Testing
- Cancer-Related Home Testing:
- more tests...»
Liver cancer: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Liver cancer:
Medical Textbooks Online about Liver cancer
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Diagnostic Tests for Liver cancer
Test for Liver cancer in your own home
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- Blood tests
- Liver function tests
- Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test
- CT scan
- more tests...»
See full list of 13 diagnostic tests for Liver cancer
Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver cancer?
- Misdiagnosis of Liver cancer
- Failure to diagnose Liver cancer
- Hidden causes of Liver cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Undiagnosed: Liver cancer
Liver cancer: Medical Mistakes
- Cancer Health Mistakes:
- more mistakes...»
Liver cancer: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers
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Liver cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Liver cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Liver cancer
Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Liver cancer:
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Liver cancer, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Liver cancer: Rare Types
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Causes of Liver cancer
- Other cancers - liver cancer is a common metastasis
- more causes...»
See full list of 37 causes of Liver cancer
More information about causes of Liver cancer:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Liver cancer (88 listings)
- Underlying causes of Liver cancer
- Liver cancer as a complication caused by other conditions
- Liver cancer as a symptom
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Liver cancer
Treatments for Liver cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Hepatic arterial infusion
- Hepatic arterial infusion pump
- Chemoembolization
- Radiation therapy
- more treatments...»
See full list of 21 treatments for Liver cancer
Latest Treatments for Liver cancer
- PEG-alfa-interferon
- Surgical resection
- Radiofrequency guided ablation
- Embolization
- more treatments...»
Read more about the latest treatments for Liver cancer
News Archives for Liver cancer
Medical news articles related to Liver cancer include:
- Tiny Chemo Beads Boost Liver Cancer Outcomes
- Drug Helps Asians Battling Liver Cancer
- Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
- Targeted Drug Boosts Survival Among Liver Cancer Patients
- Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases
- Two Liver Cancer Treatments Better Than One
- Liver Cancer Drug Raises Blood Pressure
- Genetic Variation Doubles Risk of Liver Cancer
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Liver cancer
Medical research articles related to Liver cancer include:
- Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Mortality after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans: a 40-year follow-up study of Yusho patients
- Recommendations for identification and public health management of persons with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
- Declining Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Osaka, Japan, from 1990 to 2003.
- Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
Videos for Liver cancer
Hepatitis C Overview
Hepatitis C is called a silent epidemic because many people are unaware they carry this virus of the liver. But experts say hepatitis C is a public...
Hepatitis Overview
Many people with viral hepatitis don't know they are infected. Listen as experts discuss who should be tested and review the causes, prevention...
Hepatitis B Overview
Hepatitis 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 transplants are the last source of hope for many patients with advanced liver disease. But not all patients are eligible for transplants, and...
Patient Surveys for Liver cancer
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Prognosis for Liver cancer
Prognosis for Liver cancer: Overall prognosis for survival depends on the extent of cirrhosis and tumor stage, which then determine the appropriate treatment. Patients able to undergo a curative resection have a median survival of as long as 4 years; patients who present when they are too ill to be treated have a median survival of 3 months.
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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:
- 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
- more trials...»
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
Liver cancer: Broader Related Topics
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.
- more types...»
See full list of 7 Types of Liver cancer
Curable Types of Liver cancer
Possibly curable types of Liver cancer include:
Rare Types of Liver cancer:
Rare types of Liver cancer include:
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Mixed tumours of the liver
- Tumours of mesenchymal tissue
- Sarcoma of liver
- Hepatoblastoma in children
- Infantile hemangioendothelialoma
- more types...»
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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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- Complications of Liver cancer
- Misdiagnosis of Liver cancer
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- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Liver cancer
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Liver cancer
- Medical Malpractice and Liver cancer
- Treatments for Liver cancer
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- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Liver cancer
- Cure Research for Liver cancer
- Deaths from Liver cancer
- Statistics about Liver cancer
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- Medical News Summaries About Liver cancer
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