Sometimes, cancer may arise in the cells of the liver itself. Cancer of the hepatocytes (the main functioning liver cell) is a primary liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinomaor hepatoma. Hepatoma usually grows in the liver as one or more round tumors, invading and destroying the normal tiss...
in 2008. It was the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in men and the third most common cancer as well as the third leading cause of cancer death in women (Scheff, 2007; Jemal et al., 2012). Given the poor prognosis of liver cancer, the ...
Exposure to toxic chemicals, physical injury, and blockage of the bile ducts call also cause liver damage. Liver cancer can either develop first in the liver (primary liver cancer) or spread there from another site (metastasized cancer). About 16,000 new cases of primary liver cancer are ...
In select areas of Asia and Africa, HCC is the most common cause of death due to cancer. The incidence in Europe and the United States is relatively low but is increasing. In Europe, HCC is now the leading cause of death among patients with cirrhosis. In the United States, epidemiologic...
The hopeless prognosis of malignant growths in these areas may in pa... HM Lemon,WW Byrnes - 《Journal of the American Medical Association》 被引量: 28发表: 1949年 Cancer of the bile ducts Korea J. Cancer of the bile ducts. Blumgart's surgery of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas...
The prognosis after treatment for liver cancer depends upon the size of the tumor and if the liver has already been damaged by cirrhosis, the extent of the liver damage. After cancer treatment, follow-up care in the form of regular checkups which may include imaging tests and blood tests are...
Prognosis Follow-up after treatmentExtractHepatocellular carcinoma usually develops secondary to a chronic liver disease, nowadays increasingly to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)1. Cancer of the bile ducts, i...
Biological functions and therapeutic potential of SHCBP1 in human cancer Ye Lin, Hong Cai, in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 3.2 Liver cancer Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the main subtype of liver cancer, and it has a poor prognosis. According to the statistics of the World Health ...
that are found in the liver can form different types of tumors. These tumors can either be cancerous (malignant) or non-cancerous (benign). The treatment of liver cancer depends on the kind of tumor, the cause, number and size of the tumor. Each of these tumors have different prognosis...
Cholangiocarcinoma is linked to chronic infection with O. viverrini and perhaps other liver flukes. Cancer of the extrahepatic bile ducts is closely associated with cholelithiasis and its risk factors, in particular female gender, obesity, and high parity. 展开 关键词:...