Topic: National Cancer Institute

Liver Cancer

Liver cancer is often linked to cirrhosis of the liver but may occur without it. Cirrhosis is a scarring of the liver that is strongly associated with National Cancer Institute:
Liver cancer is a disease caused by a mutaion of cells in the liver. The National Cancer Institute identifies the four standard treatments of Liver Cancer as radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery, and percutaneous ethanol injection.. Chemotherapy can use drugs generally by placing ...
People with advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease who drink three or more cups of coffee a day have lower risk of disease progression than non-coffee drinkers, according to a study in the November issue of Hepatology.. Neal D. Freedman, Ph.D., of the ...

Coffee May Slow Liver Disease

10/23/2009 Print E-mail Coffee slows the progression of advanced liver disease in people with chronic hepatitis C, new research finds.. The study included 766 patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who were asked to report their intake of coffee, green tea ...
Researchers in the United States have found another good reason to go to the local espresso bar: several cups of coffee a day could halt the progression of liver disease, a study showed Wednesday.Sufferers of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease ...

Coffee may reduce liver cancer risk

DRINKING coffee might have at least one health benefit: reducing your risk of liver cancer. A team led by Manami Inoue of the National Cancer Center in Tokyo analysed a 10-year study of 90,000 people in Japan. They found that middle-aged and ...