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1. I have heard of several people who have died of liver cancer during the last year but I read an article in the paper saying liver cancer is very rare. Can you explain this?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
2. My father has liver secondaries from a carcinoid tumour and has the carcinoid syndrome. He has been having a drug called octreotide for some months which has helped but he is now getting worse. Can anything be done?
last reviewed: 16.03.2005
3. My father has been told his cancer has spread to his liver and that this means it cannot be cured. Why don't they do a liver transplant?
last reviewed: 01.05.2004
5. My mother has been told she has secondary cancer in the liver. A friend has said there is a freezing treatment that can help. Is this right?
last reviewed: 01.05.2004
6. Why do cancers come back?
last reviewed: 26.07.2005
7. My uncle has been told he has secondary liver cancer and will need chemotherapy. What type of chemotherapy will he have?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
8. When my father goes for check-ups, following treatment for his cancer last year, he sometimes has blood tests that the doctor says are 'liver function tests'. What are these and can they tell if the cancer has spread to his liver?
last reviewed: 02.01.2005
9. I have a neuroendocrine cancer that has spread to my liver. I have heard of a treatment called chemo-embolisation. What is this?
last reviewed: 12.01.2007
10. Where can prostate cancer spread to?
last reviewed: 17.07.2007
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