LIVER CANCER

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LIVER CANCER

Cancer of liver

Malignant growth of the hepáticas cells.

It can be primary, which one forms in the secondary liver or (metástasis) to rectum cancer, colon, sucks, lung, páncreas or skin.

Most of cancers (cirrhosis) have relation with alterations of liver either hepatitis B or C.

It can appear more to any age but in men over the 60.

Diagnosis and treatment

Inferior retention of sodium and liquids in abdomen and extremities.

Complications

Fatal Incurable and in the short term.

The pain can be controlled.

Causes

Strangers.

The metástasis (rooting of cancers coming from other places) are frequent by the special vascularización of the liver (through him it passes all the blood coming from the alimentary canal before distributing itself by the rest of the body).

Signs and symptoms

The most characteristic symptoms are:

Loss of appetite and weight.

Mass in the superior part of the abdomen. Febrícula.

Yellowish eyes and skin.

Lethargy.

Anemia.

Factors of risk

Cirrhosis.

Anabólicos steroid use (the employees by the culturistas).

Disorder metabolic.

Chronic inflammation of the liver by excessive alcohol consumption or chronic hepatitis (types B and C).

Vaccine of Hepatitis B.

Prevention

Sanguineous tests (alfafetoproteina), hepática biopsy, X-rayses, ultrasounds, Scanner, Magnetic Resonance and radioactive studies.

Surgery to extirpate the tumorlike zone.

Transplant of liver in some patients.

Anticáncerosa medication (chemotherapy) and radiations (x-ray) with palliative character (to treat the annoyances, it does not stop to cure).

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