Liver Cancer Tips

Despite the progress of medical science, the detection of blood cancer is largely dependent on the early warning signs. The diagnostic tests available are often sophisticated and are not included in regular health screenings.

What are the common symptoms?

Fever with chills
Frequent infections
Body aches
Nausea with loss of appetite and weight loss
Low back pain
Weakness and fatigue
Breathlessness
Swollen but painless lymph nodes
If you report wit...more

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Cirrhosis is a severe problem of the liver, wherein the liver stops functioning properly due to long-term damage caused by its exposure to toxic substances like alcohol or viral infections. Every time the liver gets affected, it tries to repair itself through the body s natural healing process. Now, due to this continuous healing process, scar tissue gets formed. With the progress of cirrhosis, resulting in the formation of more and more scar tissue, the liver becomes unable to function properly...more

Who is at risk?
All patients having cirrhosis.
It happens in non cirrhotics too.

What causes of cirrhosis commonly lead to hcc?
Hepatitis b related cirrhosis (most likely), hepatitis c, alcoholic cirrhosis, nash.

Is liver cancer curable?
Yes if diagnosed at an early stage.

Is there any treatment option for advanced hcc?
Yes there are options which can prolong the survival.

How to screen?
All cirrhotics need to get and ultrasound once a ...more

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/implantation (TAVR/TAVI) is a relatively new FDA approved procedure primarily meant for those who have a moderate to h...more

Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) most commonly affects patients with cirrhosis.

Can even occur in non cirrhotics.

More common in males.

Most commonly occurs in cirrhosis due to hepatitis b virus.

Other causes of cirrhosis that commonly lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc)- hepatitis c virus, alcohol associated, non alcoholic fatty liver.

Is hcc curable?
Yes if detected at at early stage treatment options do exist.

If a patient i...more

Liver disorders are very common. Gastroenterologists trained in liver diseases are known as Hepatologists.Symptoms of liver disease include jaundice, vomitting of blood(Hemetemesis), bleeding in the motions(also known as Melena or hematochezia),altered sensorium known as Hepatic encephalopathy(HE), Renal failure also known as Hepatorenal syndrome(HRS), Breathlessness (due to Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension).

Let s understand the liver disease point by point: more

Hepatic Steatosis, better known as Fatty liver is a term which describes the condition where fat gets built up in the liver. The liver is the second largest organ in the body and it plays an important function of processing everything we eat or drink and then filter out harmful elements from the blood. This process gets interrupted if there is too much in the liver. We generally call the liver as fatty, when fat accounts for more than 5 to 10 percent of the weight of your liver.

The pro...more

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is characterised by fatty liver along with inflammation and liver cell damage. The fat gets accumulated in the liver which is not caused by alcohol consumption. It is a type of NAFLD or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the other being simple fatty liver. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a more serious condition when compared to the simple fatty liver because NASH can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

Symptoms and Causes
Both the variants of NAFLD are...more