Liver cancer, or why the diagnosis is random

The peculiarity of liver cancer is that in the early stages it is almost asymptomatic and the diagnosis is often made by chance during the examination due to other problems. Liver cancer is a rare but dangerous disease. What is the difficulty in diagnosing and treating liver cancer? About this for readers Medpulse tells MD, professor Yuri Patyutko.

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– How often is this disease?

– Primary liver cancer in Russia and in Central Europe is not so common – about 5 cases per 100 thousand people. He is not even included in the “top ten” malignant tumors. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of this disease is a serious problem. Continue reading →