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Does Early Stage Liver Cancer Have A Good Prognosis?
brother hospitalized with bout of C Diff and while in treatment they also discovered some spots on his liver, biopsy performed and determined cancerous. Going to have a Pet Scan to further assess. 58 years old, my question is cancer stemming from the liver caught in early stage good prognosis? if not treatable and confined to the liver, are transplants performed?
Mon, 24 Nov 2014
Hi
Early stage liver cancer does not have a good prognosis.
It is a very aggressive tumour.
Average survival time is around 1 year.
Regards
Dr de
Early stage liver cancer does not have a good prognosis.
It is a very aggressive tumour.
Average survival time is around 1 year.
Regards
Dr de
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