Why Should I Do a Pharmacy Residency?

The last one in this series is liver cancer.

More than 2,50,000 people die of liver cancer every year worldwide. Liver cancer is difficult to control and hard to detect in its early stages. Ironically, it can be cured only when found at an early stage.

Depending on the type of liver cells affected, the cancers are of 4 types:
• Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): most common form of primary liver cancer in both children and adults. It starts in the hepatocytes, the main type of liver cell.
• Cholangiocarcinoma/bile duct cancer: begins in the bile ducts within the liver.
• Hepatoblastoma: rare and curable type of liver cancer that affects children younger than 4 years of age.
• Angiosarcoma/Hemangiosarcoma: These rare cancers begin in the blood vessels of the liver and grow very quickly.