Liver Cancer Explained: Expert Q&A

Although liver cancer isn’t as prevalent as lung or breast cancer, it has become the fastest-increasing cause of cancer death in the U.S. UChicago Medicine experts Chih-Yi Liao, MD, and Anjana Pillai, MD answer your questions.
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0:00 Introduction
01:28 What function does the liver serve?
02:28 Is liver cancer becoming more common?
03:07 What are the different types of liver cancer?
03:50 Why are liver cancer death rates increasing?
04:54 What are the symptoms of liver cancer?
05:55 What are the risk factors of liver cancer?
06:44 Is liver cancer treatable if caught early?
06:55 What are some treatments for liver cancer?
08:00 How does immunotherapy help patients?
09:41 What are the more common liver cancer treatments?
11:46 If a lesion can't be biopsied what are the options?
13:19 How does the tumor program work at UChicago Medicine?
15:29 Is the AFP tumor blood test accurate?
16:38 How long can you live with liver cancer before you need a transplant?
18:12 What are some of the clinical trials for liver cancer?
20:05 Can a colonoscopy help detect a liver tumor?
21:16 Is there a such thing as a benign liver tumor?
22:23 If you have liver cancer are you automatically added to the transplant list?

[@thomascollins3200]

I hope my dad's doctors are as diligent as you guys seem to be. I don't have high hopes, because he was diagnosed a week ago with advanced stages. I'm so worried that the doctors here in South Carolina are not properly equipped. Listening to you guys make me feel there is hope, unlike talking with his doctors.

[@Zai-A]

My prayers and good hopes are with you and your father. I hope he gets well soon.

[@kb6530]

Its the same here in fl brother , my wife 40 yo , they have been just preaching doom , and she is declining rapidly but we have no insurance so idk if that changes things , bc my dad had great insurance and they were trying to cure his stage 4 small cell lung cancer that was totally hopeless, but big but , he did respond well to the first trwament and got another great fairly healthy year of life which is priceless , and when he did pass it was from the super stronf treaments and not slowly from the cancer, but my wife bro they just say she to weak to treat and just basically lettinf her wither with no treament just antibiotics. Sending much love your way brother and i mean it.

[@dethhumful]

No cure she said. That's horrible

[@joecantero3469]

Hi I just got diagnosed with liver cancer, I had hep-c, have diabetics, NHL, have cirrhosis as well. 3cm mass. I'm scared. I was born in Chicago 1955, in Oregon now. Thanks for listening

[@sueme1954]

You might want to talk to Dr. Alan Goldhamer of the True North fasting center.

[@bultimandal5137]

Please contact number

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My contact number 7587-2080 2 2

[@baburaju30]

How are you now mr.?

[@prashantmishra7933]

Sir, can u pls give some tips

[@yaminiayachitam]

Everyone says so enthusiastically that there are multiple treatment options, but when it comes to advacned stage with PVT or PVTT, there is barely any hope. The cases that have options are with healthy liver, young age, no cirrhosis and no pvt.

[@kb6530]

Do people really just have one? Making it sound like the norm is just 1 tumor, my wife has like 10 is this uncommon , make a video on soecific guys yall are the experts

[@JustT0m752]

I have a AST of 67, last year I it was 44. My ALT is 79. No diabetes. How do i fix this before it goes any further? I'm 48, 6'1", & 190 lbs.

[@jahangirmojumder6729]

Hello sir, i am jahangir alam from Bangladesh. I am suffering colorectal cancer this spearhead to liver metastatic.sir how can i treatment can you hep me please.i am very poor.

[@Biden2024MFs]

yaas!

[@christopheroptimusprime2631]

And believe me if I look at your forms and I see I will know whether it's natural or it's steroids just by looking at your form arm I can tell if it's natural or if it's steroids

[@broscience4676]

Curious comment. I'm 43 was a steroid pro hormone user about 6 cycles total. Tren etc....social drinker and I'm pretty sure it was the steroid usage , not alchohol that gave me cancer. Made some serious changes to my mass/ physique

[@kb6530]

Hope this is realistic , every other youtube video trying to give me hopium for a click. My wifes doctors are not optimistic at all, its been nothing but bad news nonstop and she was working a difficult construction job a month ago and is only 40. I hate life so much.

[@comicthrill]

Just wanted to say I sympathize and that I'm sorry to hear what you guys are going through

[@Blue2crows]

I’m doomed

[@TheRelger]

Are you hanging in there?