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Liver Cancer : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Liver Failure

Complications Overview Articles

Liver Cancer
Liver cancer has a very poor prognosis because it is often not diagnosed until it has metastasized. Fewer than 10% of patients survive three years after the initial diagnosis; the overall five-year survival rate for patients with hepatomas is arou...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Liver Cancer
The second major category of liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer, is about 20 times as common in the United States as primary liver cancer. Because blood from all parts of the body must pass through the liver for filtration, cancer cells from ot...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Liver cancer
The second major category of liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer, is about 20 times as common in the United States as primary liver cancer. Because blood from all parts of the body must pass through the liver for filtration, cancer cells from ot...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Liver Cancer
The second major category of liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer, is about 20 times as common in the United States as primary liver cancer. Because blood from all parts of the body must pass through the liver for filtration, cancer cells from ot...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Metastasis
Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.Whether or not cancer cells metastasize(spread to) to other parts of the body depe...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2008
Metastasis
Metastasis can refer either to the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, or to the condition produced by this spread. The English word metastasis(plural, metastases) comes from a Greek word that means"a change."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastrointestinal(GI) bleeding refers to any bleeding that starts in the gastrointestinal tract, which extends from the mouth to the anus.The amount of bleeding can range from nearly undetectable to acute, massive, and life threatening.Bleeding may...
Source:ADAM
Date:January 28, 2009
GI bleeding Studies
GI bleeding studies uses radioactive materials in the investigation of bleeding from the gastrointestinal(GI) tract. These studies go under various names such as"GI bleeding scans" or"Tagged red blood cell scans."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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