Liver cancer
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
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symptoms of Liver cancer
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Liver cancer: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Liver cancer
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Medical Textbooks Online about Liver cancer
Medical Books Excerpts
- JAUNDICE
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- JAUNDICE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Jaundice
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Jaundice
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Hepatomegaly
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Hepatomegaly
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Jaundice
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Jaundice
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Hepatomegaly
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Jaundice
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- JAUNDICE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Diagnostic Tests for Liver cancer
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diagnostic tests for Liver cancer
Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver cancer?
Liver cancer: Medical Mistakes
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Liver cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Liver cancer
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Liver cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Liver cancer
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Liver cancer: Rare Types
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Causes of Liver cancer
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causes of Liver cancer
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Treatments for Liver cancer
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treatments for Liver cancer
Latest Treatments for Liver cancer
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News Archives for Liver cancer
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Liver cancer
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Videos for Liver cancer
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Patient Surveys for Liver cancer
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:
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Clinical Trials for Liver cancer
Statistics for Liver cancer
Liver cancer: Broader Related Topics
Types of 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.
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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
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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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