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Liver Metastasis - Articles
research: rethinking surgery for liver metastasis
by
Donna Peach
Posted
Mon 28 Mar 2011 12:00am
For metastatic breast cancer, depending on the distinguishing factors (ER, PR, HER2), treatment options usually include chemotherapy, hormonal or targeted, which also includes biological, medications or radiation. Unless there are particular reasons supporting it, surgery is typically not a therapy … Continue reading →
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Chemoembolization for liver metastases
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:41am
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) of the liver is a proposed alternative to conventional systemic or intra-arterial chemotherapy, and to various nonsurgical ablative techniques, to treat resectable and nonresectable tumors. The rationale for TACE is that infusions of viscous material containing one or more antineoplastic agents ma ...
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Primary and secondary liver cancer
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See Kim W.
Posted
Sun 08 Feb 2009 7:11pm
Read why secondary liver cancer isn't a 'real' liver cancer. Not real in the sense that cancers are named according where they originated in the body.
A primary liver cancer is a cancer that originated in the liver.
A secondary liver cancer is a cancer that originated somewhere else in the body and than spread towards and i ...
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Chemoembolization for colorectal cancer metastases to the liver
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Fri 04 Feb 2011 11:12am
he literature does not contain controlled trials of TACE unresectable hepatic metastases from colon cancer. The outcomes of TACE in the available uncontrolled series appeared similar to outcomes reported of hepatic artery infusion and systemic chemotherapy. The studies do NOT reveal superiority for either TACE or alternatives with respect to ...
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Treating secondary liver cancer
by
Dave W
Posted
Mon 13 Feb 2012 8:23am
This article discusses how secondary liverA large abdominal organ that has many important roles including the production of bile and clotting factors, detoxification, and the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. cancerAbnormal, uncontrolled ce ...
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How Jimâ??s son is surviving secondary liver cancer
by
See Kim W.
Posted
Mon 23 Feb 2009 7:34pm
Cancer count down from 2100 to 35: 4 months after being diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer: a stoma, conventional and alternative cancer treatments, almost ready to remove the primary colon tumor.
Jim from Australia shares his son’s colon cancer successful treatment. His cancer has spread to the liver and the lungs.
Unlike ...
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Lung cancer metastasis: new drugs in the market?
by
Dr. Nagaraj
Posted
Thu 05 Nov 2009 5:12am
Lung cancer:
The lungs are a pair of cone-shaped breathing organs in the chest. The lungs bring oxygen into the body as you breathe in. They release carbon dioxide, a waste product of the body’s cells, as you breathe out. Each lung has sections called lobes. The left lung has two lobes. The right lung is slightly larger and has three lobes. Tw ...
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Level of Tumor Protein Indicates Chances Cancer Will Spread
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Medline Plus
Posted
Tue 01 Feb 2011 8:54pm
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Hong Kong have discovered that high levels of a particular protein in cancer cells are a reliable indicator that a cancer will spread.
By measuring the protein’s genetic material in tumors that had been surgica ...
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chemo 2.3.3 and silly morning
by
Donna Peach
Posted
Fri 28 Aug 2009 8:13pm
don’t you wonder what
he’s thinking when you crank up
your sillier grrrl
Marvin is a professional photographer. I am not. I am trying, however, most of the time to improve my skills as a devout amateur. I love it. I also love shooting spontaneously with my iPhone usually poor photos, though, in my opinion, fun photos.
Her ...
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Protein May Help Predict Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis
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Cancer.gov
Posted
Sat 26 Feb 2011 10:13pm
Starting Hormone Therapy at Menopause Increases Breast Cancer Risk
Women who start taking menopausal hormone therapy around the time of menopause have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who begin taking hormones a few years later. The finding, from the Million Women Study (MWS)—a large observational stu ...
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