Metastatic Liver Cancer
By Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Metastatic cancers are tumors that spread from the organ or origin. Because
of its blood supply, the liver is a common site for some cancers to spread.
Some of the most common cancers that spread to the liver are those
originating in the colon, pancreas, lung and breast. Lymphomas and
leukemias can also invade the liver. So can others.
Once the diagnosis of cancer metastatic to the liver is made, and the tissue
of origin determined, treatment of metastatic liver cancer usually falls
into the domain of an oncologist or medical cancer specialist. Several
different types of treatment may be offered, most frequently chemotherapy.
Surgeons may also resect one or two isolated, metastatic tumors. Many
experimental therapies for metastatic cancers are also under investigation
in clinical trials at numerous medical schools and hospitals.
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