Question 1

how common is liver cancer?

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Depends on geography: And cancer type.  Primary liver cancer is not common in the usa, but it is the most frequent cancer in areas with high prevalence of hepatitis b infection.  If metastatic liver cancers are included, then liver cancer is common even in the usa.

Question 2

what are the most common symptoms of liver cancer?

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There may be none: Liver cancer may not cause any symptoms.  Some that can develop are pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting and jaundice (skin turning yellow).

Question 3

how common is liver cancer or any cancer in your 20s?

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Very uncommon: Very uncommon, but very unusually, rare types of liver cancer can occur in younger people

Question 4

what are common prognoses for stage 4 liver cancer?

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Prognosis is gaurded: See this web site from the american cancer society for guidance.

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/livercancer/detailedguide/liver-cancer-survival-rates.

Question 5

is liver cancer painful?

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Not usually: Liver cancer is usually not painful. The condition that leads to liver cancer (chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis) can cause vague pain in the right upper quadrant of the belly.  Most liver cancer is picked up in asymptomatic patients by lab tests or by scans. Occasionally a patient will have painless yellowing of the skin due to liver cancer.

Question 6

symptoms of liver cancer?

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Varies : Most of the time there will be no symptoms until cancer becomes big enough to cause problems. U may turn yellow along w really dark urine, fatigue, swollen abdomen, legs etc....

Question 7

is liver cancer hereditary?

Accepted Answer

It can be: Many factors can increase one's risk for primary liver cancer including: chronic infection with hepatitis b or c virus, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, heavy alcohol use, obesity, exposure to certain toxins, and inherited liver diseases that can lead to cirrhosis such as hemochromatosis, wilson's disease, tyrosinemia, Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, glycogen, and porphyria.

Question 8

what exactly is liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Tumor mass: Liver involved with different malignancies.  A liver cancer should be related to  cancer arising in liver cells and not cells that have spread to  the liver from  different forms of cancer.  A primary liver tumor can arise from  hepatitis B and C with induction thru a cirrhotic process.  Other causes are from blood vessel lesions, and various primary sarcomas as well as tumors arising in bile duct

Question 9

what is stage 5 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

There are only 4 : Cancer is generally divided into five stages, from stage 0, in which the presence of irregular or cancer cells are known, to stage iv, in which the cancer has spread to one or several other parts of the body. The higher the number of cancer staging, the more difficult the cancer is to treat due to the progression and spread of cancer cells. According to the national comprehensive cancer network, .

Question 10

how can i treat liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Options: The preferred treatment options for early cases are surgical removal and in selected patients liver transplants- these have the best results. For more advanced cases chemotherapy infused into the liver or oral drugs such as sorafenib can be used.

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