| Liver cancer is normally the end
result of another liver problem, such as hepatitis C
or cirrhosis, or the spread of cancer from some
other part of the body. Things that may contribute to the development of liver
cancer include: alcohol consumption, use of oral contraceptives, exposure to
carcinogens such as aflatoxin, and a history of hepatitis. Symptoms may include:
appetite loss, abdominal pain, a severe form of abdominal swelling known as
ascites, jaundice, weakness, and loss in weight.
These symptoms normally appear only when the disease is already in advanced
stages. The liver may be enlarged, and hard masses may be present. |
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A diagnosis of liver cancer is indicated by a biopsy. Surgery may be used for
localized growths, although liver cancer often occurs as multiple tumors. A
number of different chemotherapy drugs may be used. In addition, doctors may use
interferon, a chemical produced by the immune system. For information about
appropriate treatment of secondary liver cancer, see the appropriate entry for
the type of primary cancer involved, such as breast cancer or lung cancer. When
dealing with liver cancer, you should always work with a qualified health-care
practitioner. click here for more
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| Liver cancer or hepatic cancer (from the Greek he-par, meaning
liver) is a cancer that originates in the liver. Liver cancers are malignant
tumors that grow on the surface or inside the liver. Liver tumors are discovered
on medical imaging equipment (often by accident) or present themselves
symptomatically as an abdominal mass, abdominal pain, jaundice, nausea or liver
dysfunction. Liver cancers should not be confused with liver metastases, which
are cancers that originate from organs elsewhere in the body and migrate to the
liver.
There are many forms of liver cancer, although many cancers found in the
liver are metastases from other tumors, frequently of the GI tract (like colon
cancer, carcinoid tumors mainly of the appendix, etc.), but also from breast
cancer, ovarian cancer,
lung cancer, renal cancer, prostate
cancer, etc.
The most frequent liver cancer occurring is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is
also called hepatoma, which is a misnomer because adenomas are normally benign.
This tumor also has a variant type that consists of both HCC and
cholangiocarcinoma components. The cells of the bile duct coexist next to the
bile ducts that drain the bile produced by the hepatocytes of the liver. Cancers
which arise from the blood vessel cells in the liver are known has
hemangioendotheliomas.
Other forms of liver cancer include:
* mesenchymal tissue
* Sarcoma
* Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant tumor, primarily developing in children. Most
of these tumors form in the right lobe.
* Cholangiocarcinoma - are bile duct cancers which account for 1 or 2 out of
every 10 cases of liver cancer. These cancers start in the small tubes called
bile ducts that carry bile to the intestine.
* Angiosarcoma and hemangiosarcoma: these are rare forms of cancer that start in
the blood vessels of the liver. These tumors grow quickly. Often by the time
they are found they are too widespread to be removed. Most patients do not live
more than a year after diagnosis.
* Lymphoma of liver: A rare form of lymphoma that usually have diffuse
infiltration to liver. It may also form a liver mass in rare occasions.
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Read these
Doctor's Comments about Drugs
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"The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once
from the disease and once from the medicine." William Osler, M.D.
"The cause of most disease is in the poisonous drugs
physicians superstitiously give in order to effect a cure." Charles E.
Page, M.D.
"If all the medicine in the world were thrown into the sea,
it would be bad for the fish and good for humanity."
O.W. Holmes, (Prof. of Medicine Harvard University)
"Every drug increases and complicates the patients
condition." Robert Henderson, M.D.
"In sickness the body is already loaded with impurities. By
taking drug - medicines more impurities are added, thereby the case is further
embarrassed and harder to cure." Elmer Lee, M.D.
"The necessity of teaching mankind not to take drugs and
medicines, is a duty incumbent upon all who know their uncertainty and injurious
effects; and the time is not far distant when the drug system will be
abandoned." Charles Armbruster, M.D.
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See the website www.drugs.com
to look up possible side effects
of any prescription drugs or medications that you are using.
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Your Body Heal Itself
There are natural alternatives including: vitamins, minerals,
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