Detailed Guide: Liver Cancer
Get Printer-Friendly Document: Liver Cancer Detailed Guide What Is Liver Cancer? What Are The Key Statistics About Liver Cancer? What Are the Risk Factors for Liver Cancer? Do We Know What Causes Liver Cancer? Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented? Can ... [... more]
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NIH CC: RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA)
Cancer has traditionally been approached either systemically with chemotherapy or locally with surgery or radiotherapy, but recent advancements in minimally invasive therapies such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are adding another weapon to the ... [... more]
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What Causes Liver Cancer?
There are some risk factors that make a person more likely to develop liver cancer. Gender: Men are more likely to get liver cancer than are women. This could be because of the behaviors listed below, such as smoking and alcohol abuse. Certain ... [... more]
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How to Explore Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer Treatment
Treatment for liver cancer is much more limited than other types of cancer, since the liver is sensitive to both chemotherapy and radiation. However, in certain circumstances radiation therapy will be used to treat liver cancer, either as an ... [... more]
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Sorafenib for Advanced Liver Cancer Increases Survival
The targeted drug sorafenib (Nexavar®) has improved the survival of patients with advanced liver cancer, a fatal disease that is becoming more common worldwide. The phase III randomized study found that patients taking sorafenib lived nearly ... [... more]
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What You Need To Know About™ Liver Cancer
Cancer that begins in the liver is called primary liver cancer. In the United States, this type of cancer is uncommon. However, it is common for cancer to spread to the liver from the colon, lungs, breasts, or other parts of the body. When this ... [... more]
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What You Need To Know About™ Liver Cancer
Cancer that begins in the liver is called primary liver cancer. In the United States, this type of cancer is uncommon. However, it is common for cancer to spread to the liver from the colon, lungs, breasts, or other parts of the body. When this ... [... more]
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Nexavar Improves Survival in Advanced Liver Cancer
People with advanced liver cancer lived about 3 months longer when given the drug Nexavar (sorafenib) compared to those given a placebo, according to new research. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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