Liver Cancer Health Feed

As of now plan for palliative treatment and cardus marianus can be given but after clinical examination

Plastic stent works for 3 weeks. A metal stems for 6 months. If the cancer is operable, better to get surgery done. That is the only curative option.

The liver has a significant role to play in metabolism and digestion. The failure of a liver can lead to significant health issues. There are some causes for liver failure, which cannot be treated with medications. In these people, a transplant, which is replacing the diseased or injured liver with another liver, is the only definitive treatment option.

Some conditions which can require a liver transplant are:

Severe cirrhosis with a life expectancy of less than a year
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The prognosis of fourth stage colon cancer depends upon the type of cancer and the amount of spread.
If few metastasis to liver or lung, then they can be resected after giving chemotherapy. If the metastasis are unresectable, then Chemotherapy with or without targeted therapy may be given. If peritoneal disease is present then some people recommend cytoreduction with intraperitoneal chemotherapy, which may prolong her life, but it has multiple side effects and cost is also high. I would be a...more

We should plan for chemotherapy and liver transplant after clinical examination

Liver cancer with ascites due to peritoneal metastasis is usually considered inoperable. Only palliative therapy with targeted therapy like sorafenib may be considered. (works in HCC, not cholangioca)
Feel free to share the reports and to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.

Liver tumors are abnormal growth of tissues or cells on or inside the liver. Benign (harmless) liver tumors are those that are non-cancerous in nature and do not spread to other organs of the body. The three most common types of benign liver tumors are hemangiomas, hepatocellular adenomas, and focal nodular hyperplasias. Hemangiomas are the most common of all benign liver tumors and they are masses of abnormal blood vessels. The focal nodular hyperplasias are less common and are generally found ...more

Dear lybrate-user
sorry to hear about your mother's illness
is she having cancer of liver or of any other organ which has spread to liver as lines of treatments are different.
If the disease is of liver and has spread to whole of abdomen then in that case cure is not feasible but she can be given treatment which can give her time in terms of years depending on diagnosis
please do not loose heart consult your cancer specialist.

The risk factors for liver cancer are cirrhosis of liver, hepatitis B, aflatoxins etc. There is no previous stage of liver cancer.
Please clarify what you mean by that. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.

No cbc will not diagnose liver cancer. Have to check counts and peripheral smear to look for abnormal RBC in blood.