Is Cirrhosis of the liver a form of Cancer?!
Question:
Is Cirrhosis of the liver a form of Cancer?
Please give us any info and web links. We have already read info at www.webmd.com.
Answers:
In cirrhosis of the liver, scar tissue replaces normal, healthy tissue, blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should. Cirrhosis is the twelfth leading cause of death by disease, killing about 26,000 people each year. Also, the cost of cirrhosis in terms of human suffering, hospital costs, and lost productivity is high.
(http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases...
Not sure if I'd believe too much at a NIH site, but No its NOT cancer. Trauma to the liver for example drinking, drugs, disease can damage the liver.