Also called: Also called: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It filters harmful substances from the blood, digests fats from food and stores the sugar that your body uses for energy. Primary liver cancer starts in the liver. Metastatic liver cancer starts somewhere else and spreads to your liver.
Risk factors for primary liver cancer include
- Having hepatitis
- Having cirrhosis, or scarring of liver
- Being male
- Low weight at birth
Symptoms can include a lump or pain on the right side of your abdomen and yellowing of the skin. However, you may not have symptoms and the cancer may not be found until it is advanced. This makes it harder to treat. Treatment options include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or liver transplantation.
National Cancer Institute
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What Is Liver Cancer?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_what_is_liver_cancer_25.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.cancer.org/docroot/esp/content/esp_5_1x_que_es_25.asp?sitearea=esp
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What You Need to Know about Liver Cancer
(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/liver
- Detailed Guide: Liver Cancer(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=25
- Liver Cancer(American Liver Foundation) - http://www.liverfoundation.org/education/info/livercancer/
- Targeted Drug Boosts Survival among Liver Cancer Patients(07/23/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_67301.html
- After the Tests: Staging(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_3x_after_the_tests_staging_25.asp
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ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/
- How Is Liver Cancer Found?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_3x_how_is_liver_cancer_found_25.asp
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Liver Biopsy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/liverbiopsy/
- Needle Biopsy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/needle-biopsy/MY00088/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all
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Ultrasound - Abdomen(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=abdominus
Also available in Spanish http://www.radiologyinfo.org/sp/info.cfm?pg=abdominus
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Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/patient/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/primario-de-higado-adultos/patient/
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Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/cryosurgery
- How Is Liver Cancer Treated?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_4x_how_is_liver_cancer_treated_25.asp
- Interventional Radiology Treatments for Liver Cancer(Society of Interventional Radiology) - http://www.sirweb.org/patients/liver-cancer/
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=rfa
Also available in Spanish http://www.radiologyinfo.org/sp/info.cfm?pg=rfa
- Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_2x_can_liver_cancer_be_prevented_25.asp
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Hepatocellular Cancer (PDQ): Screening(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/hepatocellular/patient/
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Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer (PDQ): Prevention(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/hepatocellular/patient
- Liver Panel(American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.html
- What Happens After Treatment of Liver Cancer?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_happens_after_treatment_25.asp
- What Causes Liver Cancer?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_2x_what_causes_liver_cancer_25.asp
- What Should You Ask Your Doctor about Liver Cancer?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_your_physician_about_liver_cancer_25.asp
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Hepatectomy with Radiofrequency Resection(OR-Live) - Requires media player - One hour program - 11/16/2006 - http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=371
- Liver Resection with Implantation of Infusion Pump(OR-Live) - Requires media player - One hour program - http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=117
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Pre-Coagulative Liver Resection(OR-Live) - Requires media player - One hour program - 6/19/2007 - http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM-400x300/val_1897/rnh.cfm?id=602
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Carcinoma,+Hepatocellular%22
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hepatoblastoma(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Hepatoblastoma%22
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Neoplasms(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Liver+Neoplasms%22
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Sorafenib for Advanced Liver Cancer Increases Survival(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/sorafenib-liver0607
- What's New in Liver Cancer Research?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_7x_whats_new_in_liver_cancer_research_25.asp
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Interventional treatment of neuroendocrine liver metastases. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18697366&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Usefulness of the serum carcinoembryonic antigen kinetic for chemotherapy monitoring... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18669452&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18650514&tool=MedlinePlus
- Liver Cancer -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=liver+neoplasms[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
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Dictionary of Cancer Terms(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Physician Referral Service(American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) - http://publish.aasld.org/yourliver/Pages/PhysicianReferralService.aspx
- American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
- American Liver Foundation - http://www.liverfoundation.org/
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National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/
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Cancer Stat Facts: Cancer of the Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct(National Cancer Institute) - http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/livibd.html
- How Many People Get Liver Cancer?(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_how_many_people_get_liver_cancer_25.asp
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Childhood Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childliver/patient/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/higadoinfantil/patient/
- Hepatoblastoma(Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1014/mainpageS1014P0.html
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma(Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1015/mainpageS1015P0.html
- Cancers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancers.html
- Digestive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivesystem.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Liver Cancer is the National Cancer Institute - http://www.nci.nih.gov/