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Liver Cancer Symptoms and Diagnosis |
Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the liver. Most cases of HCC are secondary to either hepatitis infection (usually hepatitis B or C) or cirrhosis (alcoholism being the most common cause of hepatic cirrhosis). In countries where hepatitis is not endemic, most malignant cancers in the liver are not primary HCC but metastasis (spread) of cancer from elsewhere in the body, e.g. the colon. Treatment options of HCC and prognosis are dependen ...
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Signs and symptoms
... Most people don''t have signs and symptoms in the early stages of liver cancer, which means the disease may not be detected until it''s quite advanced. When symptoms do appear, they may include some o...
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Causes ... Weighing between 3 and 4 pounds and about the size of a football, your liver is the largest internal organ in your body. It''s located in the upper right portion of your abdomen, beneath your diaphrag...
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Risk factors ... Liver cancer can affect people of all ages and races, but certain factors may increase your risk, including: Sex. Men are twice as likely to develop liver cancer as women are. Race. Asian-Americans ha...
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Screening and diagnosis ... No completely accurate screening test for liver cancer exists. Doctors sometimes use a blood test that checks for the presence of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) — a type of protein not normally found i...
Source: MayoClinic
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