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Liver Cancer

Liver Cancer Survival

Liver Cancer SurvivalThere is no consensus on the optimal treatment for patients with liver tumors. This contributes to a variety of situations that have a pessimistic view on the treatment of liver cancer. Intensive treatment strategies can cure or significantly prolong the lives of many patients with liver cancer.

The liver is a common site of metastases from a variety of devices such as lung, breast, colon and rectum. When liver metastases occur in the time of initial diagnosis of the primary tumor, and it has been described as synchronous. If discovered after the initial diagnosis, and it was described as metachronous. The liver is often involved as you receive blood from the abdominal organs through the portal vein. Separation of malignant cells of cancer in its early stages, [click to continue…]

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Human parasites can cause fatal liver cancer

fatty-liver-cirrhosisHuman liver fluke can bring on one of the most fatal forms of liver cancer by secreting granulin, a hormone known to trigger unbridled cell growth.
Michael Smout and Alex Loukas from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) say they are excited by the discovery which shows that a growth hormone from a parasite can affect human cells. “It has been known that certain proteins secreted by O. viverrini (liver fluke) cause cell growth; however, the identity of the protein was unknown. We also knew that the parasite secreted granulin but we did not know that it could affect the human cells around it,” said Loukas. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies the human liver fluke as a Group I Carcinogen, meaning that it is a proven cause of cancer of the bile ducts. [click to continue…]

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