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Liver Cancer Definition
Common names:
  • Cancer Hepatic
  • Cancer Liver
  • Cancer of the Liver
  • Hepatic Cancer
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Hepatoma
  • Liver Cancer
A person with liver cancer has abnormal cells in the liver that multiply out of control. These cells can form tumors and spread to other parts of the body. Images

Cancer that originates from other tissues can spread to the liver.

Cancers that spread to the liver include:
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Last Updated: Sep 10, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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