Liver Cancer
The most common type of Liver Cancer in adults is Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma (malignant), which makes up 75% of all primary Liver Cancers. There are about 16,600 cases on average in the USA. Mostly adults get this type of cancer and the rate is higher among people older than 60 years. Men are twice as likely to get the cancer compared to women.
Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular) has different types of growth patterns. Some being as a tumor which slowly expands and spread across the liver. The second kind spreads across the liver like tentacles and is not confined to a single tumor. This pattern is more common.
Symptoms of Liver Cancer:
· Pain in upper right abdominal
area.
· Loss of appetite and weight loss
· Fatigue which is due to buildup of ammonia
· Jaundice
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