A 32-year-old member asked:
What is the life expectancy for a stage 4 liver cancer patient?
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Dr. Myron Arlenanswered
Surgical Oncology 66 years experience
Depends on origin: Liver cancer in actuality represents a primary hepatoma of the liver. Such lesions are not staged but rather considered resectable or unresectable. Metastatic liver cancer noted as Stage IV disease has different prognostic features, depending on origin resectablility or response to intra arterial chemo via chemoembolization or isotope infusion or microwave ablation of the solitary lesion.
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Oneida, TN
A 33-year-old male asked:
Is liver cancer the final stage of life?
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Dr. Klaus d Lessnauanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 38 years experience
Many options: Check with your doc
embolization with interventional radiology is one option
there are many other ones
you want to see the experts asap.
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Columbus, GA
A 18-year-old female asked:
What if you have stage four liver cancer and you just found out?
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Dr. Brian Lawendaanswered
Radiation Oncology 26 years experience
Depends...: If this cancer is a primary stage 4 liver cancer, treatments consist mainly of chemotherapy drugs, biologic drugs, radiation therapy or other palliative therapies.
Clinical trials are available.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/healthprofessional/page6.
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