Monday, March 17, 2008

Primary Liver Cancer Overview

Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (primary carcinoma of the liver) is one of the common malignant tumors in China. High mortality in cancer mortality pick in the second stomach, esophagus being the third in some areas in the rural areas accounted for the second place, after gastric cancer. China die each year from liver cancer about 11 million people, accounting for the number of deaths worldwide liver cancer 45%. As rely on the serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test with ultrasound imaging for monitoring high-risk groups, in the sub-clinical stage of liver cancer and the diagnosis can be, the long-term effects of early excision was particularly notable. Plus active treatment, the five-year survival rate of liver cancer would have been significantly improved.

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