| The liver is a very important organ. The liver helps | | | | disease should be treated as soon as it is discovered. |
| the body perform many functions. The liver helps in | | | | Often a person does not develop symptoms of |
| the metabolism of protein and lipids. The liver also | | | | cancer until the cancer has been in the body for |
| removes harmful substances from the blood. The | | | | awhile. The beginning stages of the disease often do |
| liver creates enzymes. The enzymes that the liver | | | | not have symptoms. Symptoms of liver cancer |
| creates aid the body in digesting food. The liver also | | | | include a lump in the upper right abdomen, a swollen |
| converts foods that a person eats into substances | | | | abdomen, a feeling of being full or a feeling of |
| that the body needs. A person can not function | | | | heaviness in the upper right part of the abdomen. |
| without a liver. | | | | These symptoms may also be symptoms of other |
| Cancer is a disease. Cancer causes cells to become | | | | diseases; therefore, a person who experiences these |
| deformed. Normal cells die when they become | | | | symptoms should seek medical care. |
| unhealthy. Deformed cancer cells do not die when | | | | Reasons Individuals Develop Cancer of the Liver |
| they become deformed instead deformed cells | | | | The reason a person develops cancer is usually |
| reproduce. Cancer cells continue to reproduce until | | | | unknown. Persons who have hepatitis b or c often |
| they form a tumor. | | | | develop cancer of the liver. Individuals who have |
| Liver cancer is a disease that develops in the liver. | | | | cirrhosis of the liver often develop cancer of the liver. |
| Liver cancer can spread to other organs and tissues | | | | Obesity and diabetes also seems to play a role in |
| in the body through the blood or lymph nodes. This | | | | developing this disease. |