Liver Cancer Treatment

What is Liver Cancer?

Liver cancer or hepatic cancer is a disease in which cells in the liver grow in an unmanageable way. Cirrhosis is the major reason of this disease where alcohol and hepatitis (B & C) do the damage.

Liver metastases are a different form of cancer where the disease originates in other parts of the body and reaches to the liver. The majority of live cancers start from the liver itself, or from the liver’s structure.

This disease also starts from the bile duct and blood vessels. This form of cancer is ranked the 6th most frequent in the world with a high mortality rate.

What are the types of Liver Cancer?

There are different types of liver cancer. Let’s have a look at them:-

Benign liver growths - They are begin and not cancer and can be treated with surgery

Primary and secondary liver cancer – Primacy cancer is one that begins from the cell and restrict there while the secondary type begins and spreads to other parts

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – A primary cancer type, and the most common as well

Fibrolamellar carcinoma – A rare type

Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) – It often begins along the bile ducts

Angiosarcoma – It starts in the blood vessels of the liver

Hepatoblastoma – A rare type found in children