Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Liver Cancer

Liver cancer, otherwise called hepatic cancer, is the condition which occurs when the different types of cells in the liver forms into several types of malignant tumors. Liver cancer is generally of primary or secondary. Primary liver cancer begins in the liver whereas Secondary liver cancer also known as liver metastasis starts in another part of the body spreads to the liver. The main reason for liver cancer is cirrhosis because of hepatitis viruses B and C or alcohol. The other different causes include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, aflatoxin, and liver flukes. Some of the most common symptoms of liver cancer are weight loss, easy bruising, yellowish skin, pain in the right side beneath the rib cage, loss of appetite and weakness. The generally recognized sorts are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which makes up 80% of cases, and cholangiocarcinoma. Primary liver cancer is all around the 6th most frequent cancer (6%) and the second leading reason for death from cancer (9%).