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What Is Liver Cancer And Why Do People Get It?

Liver cancer is cancer of the liver. Other names for liver cancer are primary liver cancer and hepatoma. Liver cancer is typically in the liver cells, with liver cells making up approximately 80 % of your liver.

Typically, cancer which is referred to as liver cancer is really referring to cancer which began in another organ or part of the body and has spread to the liver.

The term liver cancer can either refer to metastatic liver disease or secondary liver cancer

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world. When a patient has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, they will most likely die within a year of their diagnosis.

Liver cancer is more prevalent in Asia than in the United States. Caucasians are among the lowest at risk for liver cancer. Liver cancer has been closely linked to chronic hepatitis B.

Sometimes liver cancer is caused by alcohol abuse. Chronic consumption of alcohol is the most common reason individuals get liver cancer.

Cancer of the bile ducts is referred to as cholangiocarcinoma. This type of cancer originates in the bile ducts and typically is caused by infestation with a type of parasite. This type of cancer grows along the bile ducts in sheets or lines and can be very difficult to see on an x-ray.

One cause of liver cancer is exposure to vinyl chloride, but otherwise other causes of liver cancer are still unknown. There are certain risk factors which have been identified. Chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver parasites are all risk factors for developing liver cancer.

Vinyl chloride is used in manufacturing and it is a toxic chemical compound. It’s a combustible, colorless gas. Another name for vinyl chloride is chlorethene (or sometimes chloroethylene and ethylene monochloride). It’s well known to be a cause of liver cancer. It can also cause brain cancer, angiosarcoma and other health problems for people who are exposed to it. Most people are exposed to it either by breathing it in the air or consuming water which has been contaminated with it.

There are no real symptoms of early liver cancer. When the cancer is small, there won’t be enough of the cancer there to cause noticeable symptoms. Symptoms will develop as the cancer grows.

Some common liver cancer symptoms include pain in the right upper abdominal area, weight loss or loss of appetite, breast swelling in males, blood clotting problems, which lead to intestinal bleeding and easy bruising of the skin and jaundice.