Liver+Cancer

=Julia Loria= Liver Cancer

=__ Statistics __ = =__Facts__ = 
 * Liver Cancer is more common in men than women
 * Average age of diagnosis is 63
 * About 28,720 cases of liver cancer will be diagnoses this year (2012)
 * About 20,550 people will die this year from Liver cancer (2012)
 * The five year survival rate for patients with liver cancer is 14%
 * Many people develop liver cancer have had cirrhosis (scar tissue formed by damage to the liver)
 * Main types of liver cancer are hepatocellular (cancer of the hepatocytes) and cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile duct cells)
 * Liver Cancer often starts in another organ such as lung, colon, breast, or stomach and spreads to the liver
 * Stages:

 **__Symptoms__** > =__Diagnosis__ = =__Treatment__ = =__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Risk Reduction __=
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%; line-height: 25px;">Yellowing of skin and eyes
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;"> Nausea / vomiting
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Enlarged Liver
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Enlarged Spleen
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Itchy skin
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%; line-height: 17px;">Loss of appetite
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Swelling or fluid build up in abdomen <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">[[image:Signs_of_Liver_cancer.jpg width="445" height="266"]]
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Liver cancer is hard to detect early because a small tumor is normally blocked by the rib cage
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Ultra sounds are used to look for a mass on the liver
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">CT scans are used to see size, shape, and position of a tumor
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #565454; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">MRI also provides images of tumor by using radio waves and strong magnets
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%; text-align: left;">Angiography helps decide where to proceed by using an x-ray looking at dyed blood vessels to show blood flow to the liver
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #565454; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Surgery (partial hepatectomy or liver transplant)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Other local treatments, such as ablation or embolization
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Radiation therapy
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Targeted therapy
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Chemotherapy
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Reduce alcohol consumption
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Exercise often to keep hormone levels balanced
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Avoid processed meats
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Get vaccinated for Hepatitis B
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Do not smoke
 * <span style="color: #10750b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 125%;">Have a Milk Thistle supplement which is an herb used for liver health



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