Stages of death 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 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 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 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 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).
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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 (And if it turns out to be malignant, early discovery and diagnosis is the best chance at cure -- most of the time liver cancer is asymptomatic until later stages, so early detection is key.) You mentioned that you had a biopsy before starting treatment -- what was your stage? If you were not a stage 4 (liver with cirrhosis), it would be very unlikely that you would develop liver cancer. A CTscan and AFP blood test should give your doctor more information about the mass.
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.
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 Havent heard anyone here start out their journey of Hep C with LIVER FAILURE...I never felt sick untill the chain of events started...healthy...even healthy enough to under go surgery, got a slice on my throat...ear to ear....being co-infected(hepB and C) starts out LIVERFAILURE? Is there a site to help someone like me understand co-infection and how its different..liver failure seams to likely to happen at the long end of the field...NOT IN THE BEGINING...right??....
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.
Avatar f tn There is life after cancer, and there are millions of people who go on to live many many years and decades after cancer treatment. Cancer is not a death sentence. There is always hope, especially if it is found in its early stages, it is when you ignore your symptoms and wait to see the doctor when it becomes more difficult to treat the cancer. It is best to ask these questions of your health care provider, get second opinions if you feel necessary. And then do what you think is best for you.
Avatar f tn SO HERE I AM ALMOST DONE WITH TX. AND I READ ABOUT DIFF. STAGES , SO LAST WEEK I ASKED MY GI DR. WHAT STAGE AM I HE TOLD ME I AM STAGE 0, SO I GUESS THAT IS A GOOD THING!!!! ASKED ME IF I AM A ORGAN DONOR I SAID YES, DO HE SAID MY LIVER IS GOOD TO DONATE BUT IT HAS TO GO TO HEP C WAITING LIST,IT CANT GO TO ANY OTHER.