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Does advanced liver cancer mean anything but death? is there any chance to survive? my father has been taking nexavar (sorafenib) for 2 months...

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

If the cancer is: A single lesion, it can sometimes be completely resected( cut out), and one can be cured.

Answered 3/12/2020

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