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What is stage 4 liver cancer?
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Metastatic disease: Stage 4 for a cancer means that the tumor has spread to other organs and is rarely curable.
Answered 8/24/2012
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Metastasis: It means that the cancer has migrated to other organs or sites in the body. Systematic treatment (chemo) since surgical resection or transplant is no longer an option.
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