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A liver metastasis is a malignant tumor in the liver that has spread from another organ affected by cancer. The liver is a common site for metastatic...

struck early. The lungs, liver, brain, and bones are the most common metastasis locations from solid tumors. In lymph node metastasis, a common symptom is...

in the liver, or it can be liver metastasis, or secondary, in which the cancer spreads from elsewhere in the body to the liver. Liver metastasis is the...

a liver injury. Risk factors for developing liver abscess can be due to infection, post-procedural infection and metastasis such as primary liver tumours...

prevent or reduce metastasis. Those steps which have a good clinical window are the best targets for therapy. Each event in metastasis is highly regulated...

Ultrasonography of liver tumors involves two stages: detection and characterization. Tumor detection is based on the performance of the method and should...

Tumor suppressors, however, also inhibit metastasis, since metastasis is dependent upon tumorigenicity. Metastasis suppressors were first identified using...

undertaken in a specialized center. Use of liver transplantation may be considered in certain cases of liver metastasis. For functioning tumors, the somatostatin...

in the diagnosis of cancerous bone metastasis. A radionuclide bone scan or scintigraphy can identify bone metastasis. Technetium-99m–labeled bisphosphonate...

nearby lymph nodes, the liver, lungs and bone. Liver metastasis can cause jaundice and abdominal swelling (ascites). Lung metastasis can cause, among other...

Lymph node metastasis is the spread (metastasis) of cancer cells into a lymph node. Lymph node metastasis is different from malignant lymphoma. Lymphoma...

model animals, and small clinical trials as a possible treatment for liver metastasis, metastatic melanoma, glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and...

Disease-free interval from primary to metastasis <12 months Node-positive primary More than one liver metastasis Largest hepatic tumor >5 cm The median...

"A hyaluronan synthase suppressor, 4-methylumbelliferone, inhibits liver metastasis of melanoma cells". FEBS Lett. 579 (12): 2722–2726. Bibcode:2005FEBSL...

Liver tumors (also known as hepatic tumors) are abnormal growth of liver cells on or in the liver. Several distinct types of tumors can develop in the...

decreases survival. Liver transplantation can be a curative approach for patients with advanced HCC without extrahepatic metastasis. Among patients with...

(April 1998). "[Percutaneous ethanol and acetic acid injection for liver metastasis from colon cancer--two case reports]". Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer...

patient will have flushing episodes. Both occur particularly with liver metastasis, and either symptom may be the first manifestation of the disease....

cancers, nearby lymph nodes may be tested for spread (metastasis). Most people are cured if metastasis has not occurred. For those in whom melanoma has spread...

cirrhosis, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, infection with certain liver flukes, and some congenital liver malformations. However, most people have no identifiable...