Liver cancer or hepatic cancer is a cancer that originates in the liver. Liver cancers are malignant tumors that grow on the surface or inside the liver. Liver tumors are discovered on medical imaging equipment (often by accident) or present themselves symptomatically as an abdominal mass, abdominal pain, jaundice, nausea or liver dysfunction. Liver cancers should not be confused with liver metastases, which are cancers that originate from organs elsewhere in the body and migrate to the liver.

CAUSES

Risk factors for adults developing primary liver cancer:

• Hepatitis C is the primary cause of liver cancer.
• Chronic Hepatitis B infection
• Cirrhosis
• Aflatoxin exposure

HOW TO DIAGNOSE:

1. Serum Alpha Fetoprotein
2. USG/CT Abdomain
3. Biopsy Liver