Liver Cancer News

A medal winning professional cyclist helped launch a charity ride at the weekend for a cause close to her heart.

As people infected with HIV live longer with antiretroviral drug therapy, more of them are developing hepatocellular carcinoma , which is particularly aggressive among this population.

The tennis coach at Alton High School is battling liver cancer, and a benefit is being held tonight.

When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.

Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research.

Leading up to The Relay For Life events in June, Action News will introduce you to different people in the community, impacted by cancer.

Anna Hays Polk, 4, serves up some fresh lemonade at her home to Charlene Jackson on Wednesday.

DOHA: About 150 million people are chronically infected and at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer, and more than 350,000 people die from Hepatitis C Virus related liver diseases every year, Dr Laith Abu-Raddad said last night at a community health forum in Doha.

Fairfield High School students are using a novel art project to help beat hepatitis B and reduce the burden of liver cancer in the local area.

Health advocates expect more baby boomers will screen for Hepatitis C, with the opening of a long-awaited treatment and support centre.

Stivarga is an inhibitor of multiple kinases involved in normal cellular functions and in pathologic processes such as oncogenesis, tumor angiogenesis and maintenance of the tumor microenvironment.1 , the FDA approved Stivarga to treat patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor who have been previously ... (more)

A BRAVE tot from Benfleet is battling a form of liver cancer so rare it only affects one in a million children.

Duringi 1 2National Hepatitis Awareness Month this May,i 1 2Hep B Free San Francisco, Asian Week Foundation, and National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable are helping to coordinate hepatitis screenings and a new public service announcement to highlight prevention of hepatitis B and C disease, which together cause almost all liver cancers worldwide.i ... (more)

The UK needs to "be doing so much more" in response to hepatitis C, according to a new report.

Newswise - ROCHESTER, Minn. -- It's Hepatitis Awareness Month. Understanding the different forms of hepatitis, who is at risk and how it can be prevented and treated can be confusing.

In collaboration with Hep Free Hawaii, Hawaii State Department of Health clinics and other community-based sites are offering free hepatitis screenings to the public on May 20 to encourage people to find out their hepatitis B and C status.

The Medina County Health Department will offer a free Hepatitis C screening clinic with test results on Monday, May 20, 2013, from 4:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at 4800 Ledgewood Drive in Medina.

Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering microRNA replacement therapies for cancer, announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study of MRX34, the first miRNA to advance into a human clinical trial for cancer.

MCAVHN Mendocino County AIDS/Viral Hepatitis Network has a longstanding reputation as the AIDS service agency in our community, and these services will continue as long as they are needed.

Internists increasingly are managing complex communicable illnesses. The American College of Physicians meeting offered the latest guidance on such diseases.