Q: Can cancer be caused by consuming too much alcohol? A: If
alcohol abuse doesn't directly result in the development of
liver cancer, it certainly contributes to it. The liver is one
of the more complex and important organs for maintenance of good
health. It has many functions associated with digestion,
including breaking down nutrients absorbed by the small
intestine to be used by the body. It also breaks down and
removes waste products and foreign material from the
bloodstream. The liver also produces about half the body's
cholesterol. As you would imagine, the consequences of a
diseased or damaged liver can be substantial, even life-
threatening. That is certainly so with liver cancer. There are
two forms of malignant liver tumors: tumors that originate
outside the liver and have spread there from elsewhere
(metastasis), and tumors that originate in the liver. Metastatic
liver cancer usually comes from the lung, breast, colon,
pancreas and stomach. Sometimes, leukemia can metastasize to the
liver. Treatmen