Patient guides on liver surgery and hepatic cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal liver metastases, neuroendocrine liver metastases, and preparation for and recovery after hepatic resection. Written by a senior Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin.
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com. Neuroendocrine tumours – usually abbreviated to NETs – are a family of cancers that arise from specialised hormone-producing cells found throughout the body. They are uncommon but the diagnosed incidence has been rising over the last twenty years, largely because we now find…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com. Cholangiocarcinoma – bile duct cancer, often shortened to CCA – is uncommon but serious. It arises from the cells lining the bile ducts, the network of tubes that drain bile from the liver into the small intestine. There are three main subtypes depending…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com Hepatocellular carcinoma – HCC, the most common form of primary liver cancer – is genuinely different from most other cancers. It almost always arises in a liver that is already damaged: from chronic hepatitis B or C, alcohol-related liver disease, metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH,…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you have been told that your bowel cancer has spread to the liver and that surgery is being considered, this article is for you. The first thing to know – and the most important – is that colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) are…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you are facing a planned liver resection – whether for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver, cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer), Neuroendocrine tumour, or a benign liver tumour – the weeks before the operation matter. The liver is…