Posts
Metastatic liver cancer are tumors that have spread to the liver from other parts of the body.
CAUSE
Metastatic malignant tumors usually originate from lung, breast, colon, pancreas and stomach.
Leukemia and other blood cell cancers (eg lymphoma), may also spread to the liver.
Sometimes the discovery of metastatic liver tumor is an indication of other cancers in patients.
SYMPTOMS
Early symptoms are often in the form of weight loss and reduced appetite.
Liver becomes large, hard and blunt.
Fever may also occur.
Sometimes the spleen is also enlarged, especially if derived from pancreatic cancer.
Stretched abdominal cavity, because filled with fluid (ascites).
If it does not clog the bile duct cancer, there is no jaundice or jaundice are mild.
In a few weeks before the patient died, the jaundice will get worse.
Patients also will lose consciousness and drowsy because of toxins that accumulate in the brain (hepatic encephalopathy).
DIAGNOSIS
At end-stage, metastatic liver cancer will be more easily diagnosed when compared with early-stage cancer.
Ultrasound, CT scan and MRI can indicate the presence of liver cancer, but not always able to find small tumors or to distinguish a tumor from cirrhosis and other diseases.
Tumors often cause abnormal liver function, which can be known from examination of blood.
Liver biopsy can confirm the diagnosis in approximately 75% of cases.
To help get cancer of the liver tissue, can be guided by ultrasound or laparoscopy.
TREATMENT
Depending on the type, anti-cancer drugs can temporarily reduce tumor size and extend survival, but does not cure the cancer completely.
Anti-cancer drugs can be injected into the hepatic artery, which would drain the drug in high concentrations directly to cancer cells in the liver.
This technique is more possible to shrink tumors and cause fewer side effects, but has not been shown to prolong survival.
Radiation therapy (radiation) can sometimes reduce the severe pain, but not very effective.
If it is found only one tumor, can be removed surgically, especially if derived from colon cancer.
For widespread cancer, can do is reduce the symptoms it causes.
CAUSE
Metastatic malignant tumors usually originate from lung, breast, colon, pancreas and stomach.
Leukemia and other blood cell cancers (eg lymphoma), may also spread to the liver.
Sometimes the discovery of metastatic liver tumor is an indication of other cancers in patients.
SYMPTOMS
Early symptoms are often in the form of weight loss and reduced appetite.
Liver becomes large, hard and blunt.
Fever may also occur.
Sometimes the spleen is also enlarged, especially if derived from pancreatic cancer.
Stretched abdominal cavity, because filled with fluid (ascites).
If it does not clog the bile duct cancer, there is no jaundice or jaundice are mild.
In a few weeks before the patient died, the jaundice will get worse.
Patients also will lose consciousness and drowsy because of toxins that accumulate in the brain (hepatic encephalopathy).
DIAGNOSIS
At end-stage, metastatic liver cancer will be more easily diagnosed when compared with early-stage cancer.
Ultrasound, CT scan and MRI can indicate the presence of liver cancer, but not always able to find small tumors or to distinguish a tumor from cirrhosis and other diseases.
Tumors often cause abnormal liver function, which can be known from examination of blood.
Liver biopsy can confirm the diagnosis in approximately 75% of cases.
To help get cancer of the liver tissue, can be guided by ultrasound or laparoscopy.
TREATMENT
Depending on the type, anti-cancer drugs can temporarily reduce tumor size and extend survival, but does not cure the cancer completely.
Anti-cancer drugs can be injected into the hepatic artery, which would drain the drug in high concentrations directly to cancer cells in the liver.
This technique is more possible to shrink tumors and cause fewer side effects, but has not been shown to prolong survival.
Radiation therapy (radiation) can sometimes reduce the severe pain, but not very effective.
If it is found only one tumor, can be removed surgically, especially if derived from colon cancer.
For widespread cancer, can do is reduce the symptoms it causes.
Posted in: Liver Cancer
0 comments:
Post a Comment