Primary liver cancer is hepatic cancer in which the cancer began in the liver. Secondary liver cancer occurs when the cancer begins in other areas of the patient's body and then spreads to the liver. The Liver Cancer Network lists pain, malaise,...
Liver cancer is diagnosed in stages so that patients, families and physicians understand the gravity of the diagnosis. End stage liver cancer is an inoperable condition, where signs of total liver failure are beginning to manifest. Many symptoms...
After a cancer diagnosis, the cancer is then staged. This involves other tests to see where the cancer has spread to and whether it's anywhere else in the body. Tools used to stage liver cancer include the X-ray, CT scan, MRI, bone scan and...
Many of the same symptoms occur with most diseases as a result of the body's slowed metabolism and organ function. Other symptoms occur due to the disease itself. End stage liver cancer carries its own set of symptoms based on the destruction of...
Liver cancer develops from genetic mutations to liver cells that lead to uncontrolled liver cell growth and the formation of a tumor. The National Cancer Institute reports that cancer of the liver and bile duct led to 18,160 deaths and 22,620 new...
Cancer in the liver occurs in two ways. Cancer known as metastatic liver cancer spreads from another site in the body, including the breast, lung or colon. Hepatocellular carcinoma is cancer that actually starts in the liver itself. Both types of...
The liver contains billions of specialized cells, called hepatocytes, that work together to process chemicals and detoxify the body. Liver cancer, called hepatocellular carcinoma, develops when hepatocytes begin to proliferate uncontrollably,...
The liver is an essential organ responsible for detoxifying the body. Liver cancer is a form of cancer that develops from cells of the liver and the bile duct. According to the National Cancer Institute, 22,620 new cases of liver cancer were...
More than 26,000 new diagnoses of liver cancer were made In 2010 in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. Cancer is staged according to the extent and spread of disease, and stages III and IV are the two final stages of...
Approximately 4.1 millions Americans have ongoing or previous hepatitis C infection, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearing House. The hepatitis C virus attacks the liver, causing 15 percent of all acute viral hepatitis...
Hepatitis C is a chronic disease of the liver that often lies dormant. In time, it generally causes scarring of the liver, liver failure and other complications such as liver cancer. The majority of those infected are treated with medications, and...
The hepatitis C virus is a major cause of chronic liver disease and can lead to cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease and liver cancer. It varies greatly in its course and outcome, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information...
Hepatitis C, or HCV, is a virus transmitted through blood. Transmission modes include drug use when needles or straws are shared; sharing such personal hygiene items as razors, toothbrushes or scissors; infected tattoo or piercing equipment; and...
Many people infected with hepatitis C don't know they have this often chronic, blood-borne, lifelong viral infection that affects about 4.1 million Americans, according to the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders....
An estimate 29,000 Americans died from chronic liver disease in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chronic liver disease is also known as cirrhosis and can be characterized by the progressive deterioration of the...
End stage liver disease, also called cirrhosis, causes fibrosis, or scarring of liver tissue that destroys the liver's ability to perform its normal functions. Cirrhosis, the twelfth most common cause of death in the United States in 2002, lead...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports liver cancer is the ninth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and the third leading cause worldwide. More than 75 percent of liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinoma,...
Hepatitis C, or chronic inflammation of the liver, is caused by HCV, or hepatitis C virus. HCV spreads when you come in contact with contaminated needles or injecting equipments. The virus invades liver cells for viral replication and the result...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV, which is usually spread through contact with infected blood. People infected with hepatitis C may not show any symptoms in the early stages, but the virus invades the liver...
Extensive cancer cell growth within the liver can irreparably damage this vital organ. Sadly, nearly 20,000 patients with liver carcinoma, or cancer, died from this condition in 2009, according to the National Cancer Institute. Patients who...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that hepatocellular carcinoma is the most frequent type of liver cancer and accounts for 3 out of 4 liver cancers. This type of liver cancer originates in the primary cell of the liver, which is the...
The last stage of liver failure, cirrhosis, usually develops over a number of years-- although acute liver failure can occur. Cirrhosis can be compensated--meaning that the liver retains enough function to perform vital processes--or...
End stage breast cancer is also known as stage IV breast cancer, the most advanced stage of the disease. According to Imaginis, a women's health resource, during this stage, the cancer has spread to other organs of the body. The three most common...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease that may lead to liver cancer, liver failure and scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). The disease can be contracted through infected blood, sexual contact and from mother to child in childbirth, according to the...
