- hepatic cancer
- cancer du foie
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hepatic cancer
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hepatic arterial occlusion — A block in blood flow to the liver. It can happen while giving chemotherapy through a catheter in the hepatic artery. Sometimes doctors use drugs or other agents to cause hepatic arterial occlusion on purpose. This block of blood flow to the… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Hepatic arterial infusion — is a medical procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db… … Wikipedia
bile duct cancer — Cancer that forms in a bile duct. A bile duct is a tube that carries bile (fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat) between the liver and gallbladder and the intestine. Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts.… … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage III extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Cancer has spread to (1) the portal vein (blood vessel that carries blood to the liver) or to both branches; or (2) the hepatic artery (blood vessel that carries blood to the liver); or (3) other nearby organs or tissues, such as the colon,… … English dictionary of cancer terms
hepatic — Refers to the liver … English dictionary of cancer terms
hepatic arterial infusion — A procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters … English dictionary of cancer terms
hepatic artery — The major blood vessel that carries blood to the liver … English dictionary of cancer terms
hepatic portal vein — A blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder. Also called portal vein … English dictionary of cancer terms
hepatic veno-occlusive disease — A condition in which some of the veins in the liver are blocked. It is sometimes a complication of high dose chemotherapy given before a bone marrow transplant and is marked by increases in weight, liver size, and blood levels of bilirubin … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage II extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Stage II is divided into stage IIA and IIB. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and/or to either the right or left branches of the hepatic artery or of the portal vein (major blood vessels that carry blood to the… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Cancer, adult primary liver — A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called hepatocellular carcinoma. Primary liver cancer is different from cancer that has metastasized (spread) from another place in the body to the liver. The signs… … Medical dictionary
