LIVER CANCER

LIVER CANCER
- cancer that begins in
the cells of your liver
Types of liver cancer
1. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
2. Cholangiocarcinoma
3. Hepatoblastoma
4. Angiosarcoma or hemangiosarcoma
is! factors
1. "e#
2. Age
3. Chronic infection $ith H%& or HC&
4. Cirrhosis
'. Certain inherite( liver (iseases
). *iabetes
+. ,onalcoholic fatty liver (isease
-. .#posure to aflato#ins
/. .#cessive alcohol consumption
10.1besity
Signs and Symptoms

Losing eight ithout trying

Loss of appetite

!pper abdominal pain

Nausea and vomiting

"eneral ea#ness and fatigue

An enlarged liver

Abdominal selling

$ello discoloration of your s#in and the

hites of your eyes %&aundice'
Tests an( (iagnosis
1. %loo( tests
2. 2maging tests
3. emoving a sample of liver tissue for
testing
Liver cancer treatment options may include
1. "urgery to remove a portion of the
liver
2. 3iver transplant surgery
3. 4ree5ing cancer cells
Liver cancer treatment options may
include
4. Heating cancer cells
'. 2n6ecting alcohol into the tumor
). 2n6ecting chemotherapy (rugs into the
liver
+. a(iation therapy
-. Targete( (rug therapy