Stages of death from liver cancer

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Avatar m tn There are actually only 4 stages that are used to describe the advancement of breast cancer. Stage 4 is when the cancer has spread to other organs and/or tissues such as the brain, bone, liver or lungs. It is stated that Stage 4 has a 5 year survival rate of only 16%. Please keep in mind that this varies according to the location of the metastisis. I personally know of survivors of many years with mets to the bone.
Avatar f tn Cirrhosis also significantly increases the risk of developing liver cancer. This can develop from either compensated or decompensated cirrhosis. The time it takes varies. For some it may be quicker, but for others it may take up to sixty years. Cory.
Avatar f tn Cirrhosis is a 6 on the Ishak system that was used to assess the amount of liver damage. It is the final stage of liver disease that can be assessed using a biopsy. There are no "stages of cirrhosis" from on any biopsy scoring method. Only stage 6 on the Ishak and stage 4 on Metavir. Your liver disease was assessed at a 2. You have minimal liver damage at this time. In fact since your liver damage is only beginning you could wait for future treatments if you desired.
Avatar m tn I think the lung cancer may exclude him from consideration for a liver transplant. That would have to be resolved in some fashion before he would be considered and resolution of lung cancer is a very difficult and unlikely course. I agree with Sir_Osis - he stomach could be drained which would provide a lot of relief from discomfort. There are drugs that are used with a patient with ascites and edema - diuretics. Here is an excerpt from: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch135/ch135e.
Avatar f tn A liver enzyme is released when a liver cell dies. My liver enzymes were almost 300 before I started treatment and now are at about 10 or 15 after I am cured. The liver can regenerate itself and actually heal itself. While you have the virus this is unlikely to happen as the virus is busy destroying off the liver leading to fibrosis and cirrhosis and in extreme conditions end stage liver disease which can only be fixed via transplant.
Avatar f tn It has also been shown that both stages have different predictors of death (1). Therefore, it was recently determined, by consensus, that compensated and decompensated cirrhosis should be considered separate disease entities (4).
Avatar f tn Please if anybody can help me with any kind of indication of what to expect from here. Is the limb pains caused by the liver failure?
Avatar f tn My cancer doc is concerned that my high calcium levels are indicators of my cancer spreading into my bones. I am having a bone scan on this Thursday coming up. I am usually an upbeat person, but, with my 3 year anniversary coming up this makes me very nervous. Most people live about this long after finding out they have OVCA. Is it common for this type of cancer to go to the bones. Everything I have read doesn't indicate this... it indicates more organ mets.
553878 tn?1226507294 t find anything on the web. No more walking on egg shells. What I need to know is what kind of death is liver disease. Different stages, pain involved, ability to fuction, final days, ect. Apologize to anyone this offends. Doc told me not to think about it, don't worry about that now. I wont to know. Maybe it would be better if answered in a message and not a post or if someone had a link to a page.
Avatar n tn the final stages of hepc include cirrhosis of the liver (fluid buildup in abdomen, water on the brain which leads to confusion, bleeding from mouth, sleep alot, flip flop of days and nights, etc) and flare ups of hep c which include temp, open sores, flu like symptoms, itchy skin.Eventually they will fall into a coma. hope this helps. have him evaluated. they can do a liver biospy to determine whether or not his liver is effected.
8016255 tn?1396293364 My father died of what was told to us of lung cancer, but he had brain cancer, a heart attack, liver cancer, caused by prostate cancer. I'd simply center on keeping the family in comfort unless you think a crime was committed.
1211319 tn?1282527452 No one can really answer this but it sounds like it wont be long before getting a lot worse. Dying from liver disease is a horrible death i.e not having a sound mind, vomiting blood everywhere. Sorry you are going through this. I'm not going to say to get him help because I'm sure you have tried this many times. Just try and make him comfortable until the end. Hope you or him don't suffer much.
Avatar m tn analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials Prof Peter M Rothwell FMedSci a Corresponding AuthorEmail Address, Prof F Gerald R Fowkes FRCPE b, Prof Jill FF Belch FRCP c, Hisao Ogawa MD d, Prof Charles P Warlow FMedSci e, Prof Tom W Meade FRS f Summary Background Treatment with daily aspirin for 5 years or longer reduces subsequent risk of colorectal cancer.
Avatar f tn But if you do, it is treatable in its early stages and can be cured with a liver transplant. It is not a death sentence for most patients as long as they have proper medical care at a liver transplant center. Hang in there! Hector I have hep C genotype 1 and advanced cirrhosis. I have had HCC (liver cancer) for 26 months now and had 6 cancer treatments and will have a 7th this month. I have a MELD score of 36.
Avatar f tn I am going to have a fibroscan in a couple of weeks and i am expecting to have advanced liver fibrosis and ciarrhosis (not sure if thats spelt right)! I have heard of ciarrhosis measured in terms of 'stages', can anyone give me any infomation on what the stages mean so that i can be a little prepared for my appointment?
Avatar n tn hi. yes if they catch it on a early stage, i too was a heavy drinker in my teens and 20's i quit in 1988.i'm 45yrs old now, i had pain on my side went to dr.they ran tests said i had liver disease enysmes to high,they sent me to a cancer spec. he said don,t worry about it,well now i'm stage 4 liver cirrosis,and enlarged spleen.reason drinking to much .it came back to bite me.talk to your doctor run some more tests,they have meds that help you in early stages to help your liver.
11107696 tn?1415361497 It turns out that my new 36 year old female liver is very compatible with my 62 year old body and I had no complications during the surgery or just after my transplant which is where the risk of a cardiac death liver typically occurs. I have been on every low levels of immunosuppression since my transplant my liver related blood levels are all within normal range and my body has not tried to reject my liver.
1201072 tn?1289760591 The Doctor at the Hopital said she is operating on 8% of her liver and her chances of living for the next one year is slim if she keeps on drinking. His statement to her had no effect and she continues to self destruct. She is now sleeping all day and drinking all night and is beginning to hallunicnate and seeing things and beliving thing things in her mind that are not real. All this is becomming a major problem as I work all day as she drinks all night.
Avatar n tn I thought there were only 4 stages of liver disease, not 6. Anyone know what the pathology report cirrhosis stage 6/6 might mean? Thank you.
Avatar f tn Of course all depending on how much damage there currently is. Also by curing the virus you have greatly reduced the risk of developing liver cancer. Although since you had cirrhosis you continue to have a higher risk than those who never had cirrhosis. So continual surveillance for liver cancer for at least a few years is needed. Ask your doctor to explain exactly how advanced your cirrhosis is and how you can best care for it in the future.
878236 tn?1240344901 Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is not uncommon, particularly because of similar routes of infection. In HBV-infected patients, the rate of HCV coinfection ranges from 10% to 30%.[1] Patients who are coinfected have various serologic and virologic profiles and a diverse spectrum of disease.
1135532 tn?1265056071 You’ll find that the majority of pathology reports (at least in the U.S.) currently use the ‘Metavir’ scale; this stages liver disease into fibrosis stages 0 through 4, with stage 4 indicating cirrhosis. There are other ways of describing progression, but the Metavir should be enough for the purposes discussed here. Inflammation is described as ‘grade’, and can be described from 0-4, I believe. So a person might have grade A2, stage 3 liver disease, for instance.