Open AccessLiver cancer
Author(s) -
Oberfield Richard A.,
Steele Glenn,
Gollan John L.,
Sherman David
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.39.4.206
Subject(s) - medical school , medicine , general hospital , gerontology , family medicine , medical education
What Is Liver Cancer? Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer, and can spread to other areas of the body. To learn more about how cancers start and spread, see What Is Cancer?1 Only cancers that start in the liver are called liver cancer (primary liver cancer). To understand liver cancer, it helps to know about the normal structure and function of the liver.