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Secondary liver cancer survival rate
A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Issam Halabyanswered
General Surgery 27 years experience
Liver cancer : It really depends on the extent of liver involvement . If the disease involved one live love that can be successfully and completely resected then sur... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 58 years experience
More info: Primary?
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Late detection and: Related pathology. Primary liver cancer often arises in patients with cirrhosis and is not detected early enough for a curative resection. There are... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Nogaanswered
Medical Oncology 36 years experience
Difficult to say: If this is liver cancer and not another cancer that has spread to the liver, it is not operable at this point which would be the only way to cure the ... Read More
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6.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Seelyanswered
General Practice 33 years experience
10-70%, depends: According to acs: patients with small tumors (tumors that can be surgically removed) and do not have cirrhosis or other serious health problems do w... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Myron Arlenanswered
Surgical Oncology 66 years experience
Multiple ways: Secondary liver cancer refers to metastatic cancer from some organ such as colon cancer. What spreads to the liver is clonal and stays there only ... Read More
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3.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Merry Jennifer Markhamanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
Where cancer started: A primary liver cancer began in the liver. The original cell that turned cancerous was from the liver. A secondary liver cancer began somewhere else a... Read More
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6.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ilana Newmananswered
Palliative Care 28 years experience
Needs a workup: By secondary liver cancer, I assume your father was found to have cancer in the liver which spread there from other another site. If a biopsy is done,... Read More
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3.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mark Hoepfneranswered
Surgery 41 years experience
Depends: It very much depends on the cell type of the cancer, the size of the liver tumors, the number of liver tumors, and where the tumors are located in the... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Liver ca: Risk for surgery will depend on her other medical condition- i.E- her heart and lung functions etc. Surgical resection with negative margins will be ... Read More
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