Knowing the stage of liver cancer you have is very important. Your liver cancer stage helps dictate your treatment options and prognosis.
“The cancer stage basically refers to how much of the cancer is within your system and where it is located,” says Elliot Newman, MD, Chief of Surgical Oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health System. The individual treatment choice is likely to be customized to a patient's specific health needs and case. In this video, learn a general overview of treatments for liver cancer by stage.
Dr. Newman is the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health System, and a professor at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
References
Abdalla, E.K., et al. (2022). Overview of treatment approaches for hepatocellular carcinoma. UpToDate.
American Cancer Society. (2019). Liver cancer stages.
Schwartz, J., et al. (2021) Clinical features and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. UpToDate.
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