Definition of Liver cancer

1. Noun. Malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort.

Exact synonyms: Cancer Of The Liver
Generic synonyms: Liver Disease, Carcinoma

Definition of Liver cancer

1. Noun. (medicine) A malignant neoplasm of the liver. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Liver cancer

1. A tumour of the liver. most cancer involving the liver is spread (metastatic) from other areas (colon, breast or lung). See: hepatoma. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liver Cancer

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liver
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liver-spleen scan
liver-spotted dalmatian
liver Lactobacillus casei factor
liver abscess
liver acinus
liver anatomy
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liver bird
liver birds
liver breath
liver bud
liver calcifications
liver cancer (current term)
liver cell
liver cell carcinoma
liver chestnut
liver circulation
liver cirrhosis
liver cyst
liver diet
liver disease
liver enzyme
liver extracts
liver failure
liver filtrate factor
liver flap
liver fluke

Literary usage of Liver cancer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992 edited by Barry A. Miller (1997)
"Other Asian-American groups also have liver cancer incidence and mortality rates several ... Most cases of liver cancer occur in the two older age groups, ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Until the end of 1986, 244 cases were died including 52 cases of liver cancer. The 10 years survival rate by Kaplan-Meier's method ranged from 39.85 for ..."

3. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Liver, Jaundice and Abdominal Dropsy by Charles Murchison (1885)
"ENLARGEMENTS OF THE LIVER. CANCER. * GENTLEMEN,—The next form of enlargement of the liver, the clinical characters and treatment of which have to be ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Neoplasms of the Liver—Cancer of the Liver General Statements.—Cancer of the liver should always make the clinician suspicious of a primary growth in ..."

5. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"Liver liver cancer has been shown to occur with increased frequency among ... Each of the eight minority groups experienced a liver cancer incidence greater ..."

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