Liver
Cancer
Liver cancer is a malignant
tumor that develops in the tissue of the liver; in this case, the tumor is considered as primary liver cancer. A
liver cancer can also be the result of migration of cancer cells originate from a cancer of another organ: lung,
breast or intestine. Liver cancer is also called hepatocellular carcinoma or malignant
hepatoma.
Liver cancer is the fifth
most common cancer worldwide; 560 000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Most cases of liver cancer are
diagnosed in Southeast Asia, mainly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan; and sub-Saharan Africa, with
a predominance in Mozambique and South Africa.
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