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Is it possible to overcome liver cancer? what are the stats on this disease?
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Stage: it will depend on the stage and the overall condition of the person/ status of the liver function. a very early stage of liver cancer with a very small lesion- can be cured. In US, incidence of liver / biliiary cancer is approximately 7.9 per 100,000 men and women per year.incidence is higher in areas with endemic hepatitis such as Asia etc.
Answered 6/25/2014
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