Liver Cancer
Group Members: Rozelle Nebran, Bernadette Entezami, Duan Nguyen, Kara Mead, Jamie Allison
What is it?
- Liver Cancer
Who gets it?
- Chronic alcoholics, Hepatitis B and C, exposure to chemical toxins, cigarette smokers, toxic molds
When should you seek care?
- When you experience continuous dull ache in right upper quadrant, epigastrium, or your back
- Unexplained weight loss
- Anorexia
- Loss of strength
- Anemia
Where (specific organ)?
- Liver
Why does it happen?
- combination of lifestyle, genetic factors, and environmental exposures
Treatment
- Surgical resection
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Percutaneous biliary drainage
- Liver transplant
- Lobectomy
- Local Ablation
