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What You Need To Know About Liver Cancer

National Cancer Institute — Learning about medical care for liver cancer can help you take an active part in making choices about your care. This booklet tells about: This booklet is mainly about adult liver cancer. It does not deal with childhood liver cancer. Information ...More…

Cancer Centers Program

Download applications (.PDF format) for competing grants / non-competing grants NCI-ASCO Cancer Foundation Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award It is the intent of the Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award to support mid-level ...More…

Cáncer ovárico: preguntas y respuestas

National Cancer Institute — El cáncer ovárico es el cáncer que se origina en los ovarios, el par de órganos reproductores femeninos localizados en la pelvis. Los ovarios tienen dos funciones: producir óvulos y hormonas femeninas (químicos que controlan la manera en que ...More…

Cáncer metastático - National Cancer Institute

National Cancer Institute — El cáncer se presenta cuando las células se hacen anormales y crecen sin control (vea la pregunta 1). El lugar donde se inició el cáncer se denomina cáncer primario o tumor primario (vea la pregunta 2). El cáncer metastático se presenta cuando ...More…

Tumor primario (T)

National Cancer Institute — La etapa o estadio describe la extensión o gravedad del cáncer que aqueja a un individuo. El conocer la etapa de la enfermedad ayuda al médico a planear el tratamiento de una persona y a estimar el pronóstico (vea la pregunta 1). Los sistemas de ...More…

Liver Cancer Home Page

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — What You Need To Know About Liver Cancer to learn about liver cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor. : Primary liver cancer is cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary liver cancer is cancer that ...More…

Liver/Intrahepatic Bile Duct: U.S. Ethnic Patterns

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — Primary cancers of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts are far more common in regions of Africa and Asia than in the United States, where they only account for about 1.5% of all cancer cases. Five-year survival rates are very low in the United ...More…

Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — General Information About Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Risks of Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening Changes to This Summary (02/15/2008) See the following PDQ summaries for information about prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of liver ...More…

Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — Childhood liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver. Certain diseases and disorders can increase the risk of developing childhood liver cancer. Possible signs of childhood liver cancer include a ...More…

Cáncer primario del hígado en adultos: Tratamiento

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — Padecer de hepatitis o cirrosis afecta el riesgo de contraer cáncer primario del hígado en los adultos. Signos posibles de cáncer primario del hígado en adultos incluyen un tumor o dolor en el costado derecho. Se utilizan pruebas que examinan el ...More…

Cáncer de las vías biliares extrahepáticas: Tratamiento

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — La colitis o ciertas enfermedades hepáticas aumentan el riesgo de padecer de cáncer de conducto biliar extrahepático. Entre los signos posibles de cáncer de conducto biliar extrahepático se incluyen ictericia y dolor. Para detectar (encontrar) y ...More…

Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment

National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — Adult primary liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver. Having hepatitis or cirrhosis can affect the risk of developing adult primary liver cancer. Possible signs of adult primary liver cancer ...More…