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Can liver cancer be cured?

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Recurrence can be local (in or near the same place it started) or distant (spread to organs such as the lungs or bone). Treatment of liver cancer that returns after initial therapy depends on many factors, including where it comes back, the type of initial treatment, and how well the liver is functioning. read more

Usually when it hits the liver you can figure about three months until the demise but there are a lot of exceptions and there are a very few occasions when the cancerous parts of the liver can be removed with good results. read more

How much of the liver is affected by the cancer. Whether the cancer has spread. The patient’s preferences and overall health. The damage to the remaining cancer-free area of the liver. When a tumor is found at an early stage and the patient’s liver is working well, treatment is aimed at trying to eliminate the cancer. read more

An elevated AFP in adults may indicate liver cancer as it is produced in 70% of liver cancers. Elevated levels of iron may also be a tumor marker. Imaging with ultrasound is the initial diagnostic test as it can detect tumors as small as one centimeter. read more

If caught in an early stage, liver cancer is curable. However, it can only be cured by a liver transplant or surgery. Furthermore, there is a high recurrence rate of liver cancer that has been removed by surgery. Other treatments will usually only shrink the tumor or slow its growth. Radiation can be ineffective. read more

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