Gastrointestinal Cancer and Therapeutics

Liver cancer is the abnormal growth of liver cells in the liver. Cancer begins in the hepatocytes, the main type of liver cell, other liver cell types infrequently can become cancerous but the most common liver cancer is hepatocellular cancer. Cancer cells can then become destructive to adjacent normal tissues, and can spread both to other areas of the liver and to organs outside the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of  liver cancer in adults. Cancerous cells that arises in the ducts of the liver is called cholangiocarcinoma. The leading cause of liver cancer is cirrhosis due to either hepatitis B, hepatitis C or alcohol.