Health Discoveries in Liver Cancer
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HIV patients frequently drop off liver transplant wait list
January 28, 2011
People with liver cancer who are also infected with the HIV virus are more likely to drop off a waiting list for a liver transplant, although their survival and non-recurrence of cancer after a transplant is the same as other patients, according to a French study.
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Laser technique used on kidney and liver tumors
October 15, 2010
Mayo Clinic doctors have had success with a targeted laser technique to remove tumors from patients with kidney cancer and liver cancer, in addition to its more common use for prostate cancer.
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Antiviral drug stops or slows liver cancer, study shows
July 30, 2010
A study at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University has found that antiviral therapy may stop or slow the recurrence of liver cancer in patients who have chronic hepatitis B.
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