Liver cancer what are the chances?

I have a friend who will under go an operation to remove a 4cm size cancer from his Liver. once the doctor cuts it out is the cancer gone?. or did the cancer come from outher parts of the body? Please tell me the facts !!!!!!! ( He also has Hep "C" (x drug use)

Hepatitis C is a chronic, insidious infection. The long-term prognosis of chronic hepatitis C over the first 20 years after infection is usually benign. The likelihood of death during this period is not much different than the general population. After 20 years approximately 20-30 percent of patients develop cirrhosis. It has also been determined that on average the onset of hepatocellular carcinoma occurs approximately 10 years after the diagnosis of cirrhosis has been made (about 29-30 years after initial infection). The liklihood of recovering from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after cirrhosis is not very good.

PS, I read your Q&A and you asked about drinking and depression. If you were talking about you, then I hope you stop drinking because cirrhosis will indeed kill you in a nasty painful way. If your question is about a friend then please learn that liver disese is not something to take lightly. whether it's you or your friend use this as education regarding the dangers of alcohol.

Unfortunately the cancer will not go away so easily especially because of the fact that he is Hep C positive, because the Hep C caused this liver cancer.

The prognosis is hard to tell, it depends on whether the cancer has dispersed over the body. Whether there are satellites of it, the so called metastasis. And it depends also on the stage of the cancer.

I don't want to take away your hope but dependent on the stage it all could go very fast ... up to 6 months from the day of diagnosis.

Sometimes a little longer or a little shorter. Sorry.

hepatic carcinoma can be primary(comes from liver) or secondary( metastasis from other places like colon) . the treatment of cancer depends on staging of the disease if the cancer is only limited to liver and not involved other adjecent abdominal cavity and organs the chances of improvemnt is very high although the may need chemotherapy after total resection.but if it affects other parts like intestines or stomack the chance is very low. hepatic cancer is very common in hep c patients and the prognosis is not very good due to primary defect in liver and cirrohsis.any ways if they go for surgery more probably the stage was low other wise they dont even try it

it possibly can come back in four years. lets hope its a slow moving one because there is a pill that slows cancer down sometimes makes it go away.Was your friend a drinker?

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