How bad is stage 4 Liver Cancer?!
Question:
How bad is stage 4 Liver Cancer?
Answers:
Stage IV usually indicates metastatic cancer is involved. What this means is that treatment is very difficult, but not impossible. Doctors stage patients in order to know what type of treatment is best to offer the patient.
Patients with stage IV liver cancer have more treatment options now than they did even a few years ago. It is best to research and read as much as possible to track down the best treatment possible.
Some of the newer treatments being offered:
Radiofrequency Ablation for Liver Tumors
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm...
Chemoembolization
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm...
Liver Cancer Network Treatments
http://www.livercancer.com/treatments/...
There are a few websites to help with this.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network: Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology - Hepatobiliary Cancers
http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physic...
Medline Plus: Liver Cancer
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/liver...
What is Liver Cancer?
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/conten...
Support Group
ACOR: The Liver Cancer Support Group
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/liver-...
good luck.