Friday, June 22, 2012

Liver Cancer Screening

Symptoms
Liver cancer is a silent killer because the majority of the patients appear to be perfectly healthy and have no early signs or symptoms. Pain is uncommon until the tumor is quite large, and some large tumors don't even cause pain or other symptoms.

Later stages of liver cancer, when the cancer is very large or when it impairs the functions of the liver, can produce more obvious symptoms such as pain over the right upper abdomen, weight loss, lack of appetite, and finally the development of yellow discoloration of the eyes and skin (jaundice) and abdominal swelling.


Screening Frequency
Hepatitis B carriers who become infected early in childhood have a high risk of developing liver cancer whether they have cirrhosis or not. The risk is greater in men and those with a positive family history for liver cancer.
A reasonable approach to liver cancer screening includes:
§Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test every 6 months
§Liver Ultrasound at least once or twice a year
Either test alone, however, can miss the diagnosis. Once the patient develops cirrhosis, more frequent screening is generally recommended. 

2 comments:

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  2. I was diagnosed as HEPATITIS B carrier in 2013 with fibrosis of the
    liver already present. I started on antiviral medications which
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