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Offers resources on liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or liver neoplasm or liver carcinoma) including warning signs and symptoms, causes and risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, support, and treatment.
Primary liver cancer starts in the cells of the liver. The liver is a large, wedge-shaped organ, located in the upper right side of the abdomen. It has 2 major sections or lobes – the right lobe and the smaller left lobe.
Source: Canadian Cancer Society
People with diabetes mellitus have three to four times the risk of developing liver cancer, and more than twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer than non-diabetics, according to research presented at the Third Annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Meeting in Seattle.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
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