What's the difference between liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver?!

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Liver cancer or hepatic cancer is properly considered to be a cancer which starts in the liver.
The most frequent liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (also named hepatoma, which is a misnomer because adenomas are usually benign). This tumor also has a variant type that consists of both HCC and cholangiocarcinoma components. The cells of the bile duct coexist next to the bile ducts that drain the bile produced by the hepatocytes of the liver. Cancers which arise from the blood vessel cells in the liver are known has hemangioendotheliomas.


Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules (lumps that occur as a result of a process in which damaged tissue is regenerated), leading to loss of liver function.
Cirrhosis is most commonly caused by alcoholism, hepatitis B and C, and fatty liver disease, but has many other possible causes. Some cases are idiopathic, i.e., of unknown cause.

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Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver. Scar tissue forms because of injury or long-term disease. Scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue and blocks the normal flow of blood through the liver.
Causes of cirrhosis include:
-HEAVY ALCOHOL USE
-some drugs, medicines, and harmful chemicals
-infections
-chronic hepatitis B, C, or D—viral infections that attack the liver
-autoimmune hepatitis, which causes the body’s immune system to destroy liver cells
-nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is often caused by obesity
-diseases that damage or destroy bile ducts—tubes that carry bile from the liver

Liver cancer consists of the presence of malignant hepatic tumors, growths on, or in, the liver.
Possible causes of liver cancer are:
-chronic Hepatitis B infection
-genetics

So no, heavy drinking cannot cause liver cancer however it *can* exclude you from a transplant list.

Your best bet for proper medical advice is your doctor, not anonymous strangers on the internet who could be a hepatologist or a 14 yr old junior high school student.

Cirrhosis is when scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue. As liver cancer progresses, cancer cells grow and multiply rapidly within the liver tissue. Alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of some, but not all cancers, most notably cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, breast and liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a type of liver cancer that can occur in people with cirrhosis. Hepatocellular carcinoma has a high mortality rate. Liver cancer is not necessarily painful as there are no nerve endings in the liver itself. Some people do have pain because the liver has increased in size and stretched its covering which contains nerves. Pain can occur with liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Alcohol consumption and cancer risk >>>
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/b…

Cirrhosis >>>
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases…

RedAngel

Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver... and this may lead to liver cancer. Liver cancer is cancer (abnormal cells) that is developed in the liver. So it's quite different. Liver cancer hurts more.

The major risk factors for primary liver cancer are chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection, alcoholic cirrhosis, and non-alcoholic stratohepatitis.

There are no specific symptoms of liver cancer, and in fact, the earliest signs are usually subtle and can be mistaken for simple worsening of cirrhosis and liver function. Abdominal pain is uncommon with liver cancer and usually signifies a very large tumor or widespread involvement of the liver. Additionally, unexplained weight loss or unexplained fevers are warning signs of liver cancer in patients with cirrhosis.

http://www.cancerhelps.com/liver-cancer.…

liver don't hurt at all your whole body will be in agony and nobody can help
if liver don't function painkillers don't help against agony

http://www.liverdoctor.com/

http://a70.info/liver-cancer

http://a70.info/liver-cancer

ONE IS CAUSED BY YOUR ALCOHOL ABUSE - SCARRING OF THE LIVER

CANCER IS ABNORMAL CELL GROWTH

Cirrhosis is when healthy liver cells is replaced by scar tissue. This occurs from many years of inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) which eventually causes the liver cells to die and scar tissue to form. The only cure for cirrhosis is a liver transplant, but it is a very slow progressive disease that can take many years before total liver failure might occur. It all depends on what is causing all the inflammation in the first place and whether or not you can stop the inflammation. If alcohol is causing it, then the person must stop drinking, but there are quite a number of medical conditions that can cause cirrhosis. It is completely different from cancer since there are no tumors and nothing can spread to other organs. It is just scar tissue in the liver, nothing else.

I had cirrhosis and a liver transplant. My cirrhosis never caused me any pain, but it can in some people. Malignant cancer that spreads is typically painful as it gets worse. The cancer grows out of control and takes over everything. I would say that cancer is more painful, but cirrhosis has problems too. The body will fill with fluid that needs drained from time to time. Blood does not clot right and internal bleeding is always a risk. High ammonia levels can cause confusion and behavior changes. Both cancer and cirrhosis are bad when it's near the end, but for different reasons. There are strong drugs that can help cancer pain very much. My brother died a year ago from cancer that had spread everywhere including his liver. He died a peaceful death because they were able to control his pain with drugs.

The risk of getting cancer is higher than someone who does not drink according to the statistics. Of course, we all know that the risk of getting cirrhosis greatly increases if the person is abusing alcohol and they have done it for many years. The experts say that 10 years of heavy drinking can cause cirrhosis to form, but that can vary quite a bit depending on a number of factors such as how much they drink, what they drink, how their body handles alcohol, underlying medical condition, medical history, genetics, etc.

I had cirrhosis and a liver transplant.