Liver cirrhosis is a progressive disease that affects millions worldwide, leading to severe complications such as hepatic decompensation and liver cancer. Despite its significance, early detection ...
This often includes more frequent liver function tests, alpha-fetoprotein blood tests that can detect early cancer markers, and periodic imaging studies using ultrasound, CT, or MRI technology.
PET-CT imaging with [18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18 F]fluorocholine (FCH) altered treatment plans in only a tiny ...
When Lauren and Joe Sewell welcomed their daughter Violette, they immediately suspected something was wrong, but doctors 'dismissed' their concerns. The mother talks with PEOPLE about finally ...
Symptoms of liver cancer are often quite vague and vary depending on where the cancer is. See your GP if you have any of these symptoms. Or you have symptoms that are unusual for you or won't go away.
Barclay Missen had resigned himself to hospice care.Missen, a 53-year-old from Chicago, got diagnosed with stage IV ...
A team at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has performed a successful liver transplant in a patient with terminal ...