Question 1

what is the survival rate for liver cancer?

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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 survival chances improve. For some patients a liver transplant may be the answer. As for most cancers survival depends on a complete resection with negative margins.

Question 2

what are the risk in second stage of liver cancer? is it dangerous stage ? what are the survival rate of a person in second stage of livet cancer?

Accepted Answer

More info: Primary?
Size?
Location?
Resectable?
Other personal risk factors are critical.
Hepatitis c?

Question 3

what can i do if my mom has stage 4 liver cancer shes 72 years old. she start treatment next week.what is the survival rate?

Accepted Answer

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 disease. Liver transplants have been used in this case but again not in stage IV cancer. The survival rate will depend on how well the patient responds to the therapy. Some of the new drugs have improved survival significantly.

Question 4

what are common prognoses for stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

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

what to expect when a person comes to the end of life with a stage 4 primary liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

sleepiness...: When liver fails, often the kidney does as well. The common symptoms are sleepiness, usually to point of being very difficult to wake up. This can actually help the patient stay away from pain and suffering.

Question 6

what is stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Metastatic disease: Stage 4 for a cancer means that the tumor has spread to other organs and is rarely curable.

Question 7

are there any cures for stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Disease management: You can manage the disease, but you cannot make it go away completely.

Question 8

how long can you survive stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

3-6 months: Though survival has been improving in liver cancer over the past decade, the numbers are still not encouraging. For all patients regardless of stage the survival without treatment is less than 1 year. With maximal treatment survival rises to 20-65% at 1 yr and 10-20% at 5 years. For stage IV disease survival is less than 2 months without treatment and as much as 8 months with maximal treatment.

Question 9

how to get diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Stage IV hepatocellular cancer is defined by a tumor that originates in the liver and spreads to distant sites like the lung or other organs.  The diagnosis may be made with a CT scan and occasionally liver-specific tumor markers like Alpha fetoprotein (AFP).  Other Stage IV cancers like colorectal cancer can spread to the liver, but that is technically different.

Question 10

how long you can live with stage 4 liver cancer?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Most "liver cancers" are not from the liver but metastatic from other places. The prognosis will vary depending on the source and aggressiveness of the primary cancer.  Also depends on the general health, the number of lesions, and how aggressive is the treatment given. A precious few patients can be potentially cured under the right circumstances and with the right therapy. Most, sadly, will not.

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