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Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Patient Version   Health Professional Version   En español   Last Modified: 10/31/2008



Purpose of This PDQ Summary






General Information






Cellular Classification






Stage Information






Localized Resectable Adult Primary Liver Cancer






Localized and Locally Advanced Unresectable Adult Primary Liver Cancer






Advanced Adult Primary Liver Cancer






Recurrent Adult Primary Liver Cancer






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Advanced Adult Primary Liver Cancer

Current Clinical Trials



For patients with any T, N1, M1 disease.

There is no standard therapy for patients with advanced metastatic liver cancer. Such patients should be considered candidates for clinical trials exploring the usefulness of new biologicals or antitumor drugs (phase I and II studies) or combinations of existing drugs, radiosensitizers, and radiation therapy. Palliation may sometimes be achieved in such studies.

Current Clinical Trials

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with advanced adult primary liver cancer. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.

General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site.

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