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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 (Read more)

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Results 1 - 10 of 1,490 for Liver Cancer
  1. Liver Cancer (National Library of Medicine)
    ... 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. ...
  2. Primary liver cell carcinoma; Tumor - liver; Liver cancer; Cancer - liver ... Hepatocellular carcinoma accounts for most liver cancers. This type of cancer occurs more often in men than women. It is usually seen in people ages 50 - 60. The ...
  3. Interventional Radiology Treatments for Liver Cancer (Society of Interventional Radiology)
    ... Treatments Snapshots Video Clips Interventional Radiology Treatments for Liver Cancer Minimally Invasive Treatments Help Cancer Patients Extend Life ... because of the increase of hepatitis C. Metastatic liver cancer Cancer may spread from any part of the ...
  4. Liver Cancer (American Liver Foundation)
    ... Home > Educational Resources > Liver Disease Info > Liver Cancer Liver Cancer Explore this section to learn more about liver cancer, including a description of the disease and how ...
  5. Hepatitis B and Primary Liver Cancer (Hepatitis B Foundation)
    ... and Primary Liver Cancer Hepatitis B and Primary Liver Cancer Chronic hepatitis B infections cause 80% of all ... positive family history for liver cancer. What is liver cancer screening? This generally consists of a simple blood ...
  6. Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer Immunization program for newborns has lasting effects beyond childhood, researchers say HealthDay By Randy Dotinga Wednesday , September 16, 2009 WEDNESDAY, Sept. ...
  7. Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)
    General Information About Adult Primary Liver Cancer Key Points for This Section Adult primary liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues ...
  8. Childhood Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)
    General Information About Childhood Liver Cancer Key Points for This Section Childhood liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues ...
  9. What Is Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
    Liver cancer is a cancer that starts in the liver. To understand liver cancer, it helps to know about how the normal ... be hard to tell them apart from true liver cancers. If there are symptoms, the tumor can be ...
  10. Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented? (American Cancer Society)
    ... Drug Guide Treatment Options Treatment Decision Tools Overview: Liver Cancer Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented? Public health measures that reduce exposure ...
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