Liver Cancer

Hepatitis C and Alcohol : Liver Cancer, Disease Progression
by National Institute of Health
An Italian survey showed that alcohol intake doubles the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in HCV-infected patients who drink 41 to 80 g of alcohol per day (between 3.4 and 6.7 drinks) and quadruples the risk for patients who drink

Liver Cancer : Treatment Choices
by National Cancer Institute
The doctor can describe treatment choices and discuss the results expected with each treatment option. The doctor and patient can work together to develop a treatment plan that fits the patient's needs.

Liver Cancer : Diagnosis, Staging, Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
If liver cancer is diagnosed, the doctor needs to know the stage, or extent, of the disease to plan the best treatment. Staging is an attempt to find out the size of the tumor, whether the disease has spread, and if so, to what parts of the body.

Liver Cancer: What You Need To Know
by National Cancer Institute
Most primary liver cancers begin in hepatocytes (liver cells). This type of cancer is called hepatocellular carcinoma or malignant hepatoma. When liver cancer spreads (metastasizes) outside the liver, the cancer cells tend to spread to nearby lymph nodes

Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct: Racial and Ethnic Patterns
by National Cancer Institute
Primary cancers of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts are far more common in regions of Africa and Asia than in the United States, where they only account for about 1.5% of all cancer cases.

Hepatocellular Cancer Screening
by National Cancer Institute
The purposes of this summary on hepatocellular cancer screening are to: Give information on hepatocellular cancer and what makes it more likely to occur (risk factors). Describe hepatocellular cancer screening methods and what is known about

Childhood Liver Cancer : Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Chemoembolization of the hepatic artery (the main artery that supplies blood to the liver) is a type of regional chemotherapy used to treat childhood liver cancer. The anticancer drug is injected into the hepatic artery through a catheter (thin tube).

Childhood Liver Cancer : Stages and Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
After childhood liver cancer has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the liver or to other parts of the body. The process used to find out if cancer has spread within the liver or to other parts of the body

Childhood Liver Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
This summary refers to the treatment of primary liver cancer (cancer that begins in the liver). Treatment of metastatic liver cancer, which is cancer that begins in other parts of the body and spreads to the liver, is not discussed in this summary.

Adult Primary Liver Cancer : Treatment Options
by National Cancer Institute
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping the cells from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter

Adult Primary Liver Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Adult primary liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver. These symptoms may be caused by swelling of the liver. These and other symptoms may be caused by adult primary liver cancer or by other conditions.