Patients with liver cancer may benefit from antiviral therapyTasheema Prince
The liver is one of the most common site to which cancer metastasizes. It's known to interfere with immune response in autoimmune diseases, viral infections and organ transplants by suppressing certain critical immune cells. This was playing out in metastatic cancer as oncologists observed a lack...
Cancer is a major cause of global mortality, both in affluent countries and increasingly in developing nations. Many patients with cancer experience reduced life expectancy and have metastatic disease at the time of death. However, the more precise causes of mortality and patient deterioration before...
Cancer is a major cause of global mortality, both in affluent countries and increasingly in developing nations. Many patients with cancer experience reduced life expectancy and have metastatic disease at the time of death. However, the more precise causes of mortality and patient deterioration before...
The association of liver function and quality of life of patients with liver cancer. BMC Gastroenterol. 2019;19(1):66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-0984-2. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Hartke J, Johnson M, Ghabril M. The diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular ...
Finding cancer cells in the fluid confirms a diagnosis of malignant ascites as opposed to liver damage or other causes. How Do We Treat Ascites in Patients With Cancer? Treatment depends on the cause (cancer spread or liver damage); the severity of symptoms; the cancer type, extent of ...
AIM: Patients with liver metastases from cancer of unknown primary (CUPL) have a dismal prognosis. We retrospectively analysed their management and outcome and performed a systematic review of CUPL series published in the literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Electronic data from 49 CUPL patients referred...
liver cancer patients who previously had a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but actually appears to fuel tumor growth, according to a Mount Sinai study published inNaturein March. NASH affects as many as 40 million people worldwide and is associated with obesity and ...
7 presented a series of 91 patients with liver metastases from CUP. The liver was the Discussion CUPL is an unfavourable subset of cancer of unknown primary site which, as it is clear from the literature review we performed, is not well studied. Only five clinical series have been published...
Liver metastases from colorectal cancer are an absolute contraindication for liver transplantation. Aggressive therapy with liver resection and local chemotherapy in selected patients may be able to provide long-term cure. Given the risks of tumor recurrence, whether patients with post chemotherapy complica...