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Discomfort on right upper side where liver is located.
I've noticed a sort of pain or discomfort on the right upper side where my liver is located. I had surgery for colon cancer last May and my first thoughts about this pain was that the cancer had spread to the liver. I had a CT scan in June, 2010 which said this about the liver: "Liver is low in density compatible with…
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Nexavar after liver resection
I had liver resection surgery on 12/15/09 to removed a 7.6cm tumor with good margin. The pathology report indicated the tumor is poorly differentiated with nuclear grade 4 of 4, hep B grade 2 out of 4, extensive vascular invasion and finally Bridging fibrosis stage 3 out of 4. My hepatalogist wants me to consider taking…
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Help with Cancer treatment
My friend has been diagnosed with inoperable, non transplantable cancer of the Liver. He tried Nexavar, which was very effective in shrinking the tumor, but it had some nasty side effects of itching, rashes and appetite suppression. He was then put on Chemo. The nexavar was 100% covered by his insurance, but the chemo is…
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RFA vs. TACE or other options?
My mom (70) was recently diagnosed with liver tumor. Based on the Ct-scan result, it is suspicious of a primary hepatic neoplasm such as hepatocellular carcinoma (the size is ~2cm; in segment 4A of the liver). According to the doctor, the possibility of it being malignant is 95% due to the high Alpha Fetoprot level (82.1)…