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aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, ALP, alpha-fetoprotein,
ALT, angiosarcoma, ascites, aspartate aminotransferase, AST,
bilirubin, cancer, choangiocarcinoma, cirrhosis, HBV, HCV,
hemangiosarcoma, hemochromatosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,
hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatocytes, hepatoma,
jaundice, liver biopsy, metastatic, primary sclerosing
cholangitis. - Liver cancer is a cancer affecting the liver
characterized by abnormal tumors or growths. Primary liver
cancer or hepatoma forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary
liver cancer arises when cancer in other parts of the body
spreads to the liver; the most common types of cancer that
spread to the liver start in the bowel, breast, pancreas,
stomach, lung, ovary, or skin (melanoma). - The liver is made up
of cells called hepatocytes. The majority (over 90-95%) of
primary liver cancer arises from these liver cells and is called
hepatocellular carcinoma (cancer). - The liver is the s