Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It filters harmful substances from the blood, digests fats from food and stores the sugar that your body uses for energy.
Risk factors for primary cancer include:
Having hepatitis
Having cirrhosis, or scarring
Being male
Low weight at birth
Symptoms can include a lump or pain on the right side of your abdomen and yellowing of the skin. However, you may not have symptoms and the cancer may not be found until it is advanced. This makes it harder to treat. Treatment options include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or transplant. Visit the National Library of Medicine for more detail.
Stem Cell Therapy (9:20 mins)
A Cure (3:24 Mins)
The constant shortage of donor organs and the risk of organ rejection result in an extremely high mortality rate, underscoring the need for funding all forms of stem cell research now. Stem Cell research is the most promising in terms of potential cures for these and many other currently incurable diseases.
Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Failure (6 mins)
Tissue Grown in Lab ( 2:24 Mins)
Scientists at the University of New Castle grow liver tissue from stem cells.
