Liver Cancer News

Poorly understood and often stigmatized, Hepatitis C is often considered the red-headed stepchild of maladies.

Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV infections are at increased risk of the disease, according to a large meta-analysis in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute , published online July 2. HBV infection is a known cause of ...

Hepatitis is a disease that affects the liver. There are five different types of hepatitis including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D and hepatitis E. All five types of hepatitis affect the liver, but they are all different in certain ways.

A grandfather who has terminal liver cancer has twice been refused a drug which he says could prolong his life.

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Genetics ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV infections are at increased risk of the disease, according to a large ...

Diets high in protein and cholesterol are associated with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while diets high in carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk.

A medicine so common most of us have a bottle in the cabinet may actually be dangerous.

" Clad in bright blue t-shirts with red emblazoned "B's" on their chests, approximately 15 San Francisco Hep B Free representatives along with Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and Portola neighborhood representatives teamed up to distribute 7,000 bright yellow biodegradeable shopping bags with imprinted hepatitis B prevention messages to San Bruno Ave.

Stage four liver cancer is ravaging Janice Arntz's body. The woman from St. Johns has health insurance, but the costs are so high, she says, that it's becoming nearly impossible to get the treatment she needs.

Cheap and illicit alcohol kills more than half Russian men and women in their most productive years and the government must act urgently to reverse the trend, a study to be published in The Lancet at the weekend said.

The day before Thanksgiving 2007, when Joe, my husband of 34 years, was diagnosed with liver cancer and given a year to live, he asked only one thing.

OXFORD is to become the home of a new A 8m research centre to treat killer conditions such as cancer and diabetes.

The international community recognized the importance of liver disease on May 19, World Hepatitis Day.

Getting more than an hour of physical activity a week after the age of 30 helped women cut their risk of breast cancer , according to researchers from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.

When Linda Campbell of Lexington, North Carolina, started to lose her vision in winter 2000 she knew something was wrong.

Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, whose recovery from pancreatic cancer appeared less certain when he had to take medical leave in January, received a liver transplant two months ago but is recovering well, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Ohio State University cancer researchers have used computational and genomic methods to identify possible anti-cancer agents that may block a particular kind of tumor behavior.

Initially kept a secret, Huynh Phuc Diena s condition has prompted him to make public plans he has made for his own funeral, but he also desires to make more contributions to Vietnamese music.

Ohio State University cancer researchers have used computational and genomic methods to identify possible anti-cancer agents that may block a particular kind of tumor behavior.

Abstract Therapeutic strategies based on modulation of microRNA activity hold great promise due to the ability of these small RNAs to potently influence cellular behavior.