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Liver cancer
Sara
What Is Liver Cancer?
The liver is the largest organ inside the body. It lies under the right ribs, just below the right lung. If you were to poke your fingers up under your right ribs, you would almost be touching your liver.
The liver is shaped like a pyramid and is divided into right and left lobes. Unlike most other organs, the liver gets blood from 2 sources. The hepatic artery supplies the liver with blood that is rich in oxygen. The portal vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the intestines to the liver.
The liver has many vital functions:
It breaks down and stores many of the nutrients absorbed from the intestine.
It makes some of the clotting factors needed to stop bleeding from a cut or injury.
It secretes bile into the intestine to help absorb nutrients.
It plays an important part in removing toxic wastes from the body.
Because the liver is made up of several different types of cells, many types of tumors can form in the liver. Some of these are cancerous and some are not cancerous. The medical word for tumors that are not cancer is benign (be-nine). These tumors have different causes and are treated different ways. The outlook for your health or recovery depends on what type of tumor you have.
for details visit www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_liver_cancer_25.asp
The liver is the largest organ inside the body. It lies under the right ribs, just below the right lung. If you were to poke your fingers up under your right ribs, you would almost be touching your liver.
The liver is shaped like a pyramid and is divided into right and left lobes. Unlike most other organs, the liver gets blood from 2 sources. The hepatic artery supplies the liver with blood that is rich in oxygen. The portal vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the intestines to the liver.
The liver has many vital functions:
It breaks down and stores many of the nutrients absorbed from the intestine.
It makes some of the clotting factors needed to stop bleeding from a cut or injury.
It secretes bile into the intestine to help absorb nutrients.
It plays an important part in removing toxic wastes from the body.
Because the liver is made up of several different types of cells, many types of tumors can form in the liver. Some of these are cancerous and some are not cancerous. The medical word for tumors that are not cancer is benign (be-nine). These tumors have different causes and are treated different ways. The outlook for your health or recovery depends on what type of tumor you have.
for details visit www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_liver_cancer_25.asp
