Liver Metastases
Alternate Names : Metastases to the Liver
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Liver Metastases Prognosis (Expectations)
Prognosis depends primarily on the site of the original cancer and on the extent of spread to the liver. In a minority of cases, surgical removal of liver metastases can result in cure. This, however, is usually only possible in patients with certain tumor types (for example, colorectal cancer), and when there are limited tumors in the liver.
In most cases, cancer that has spread to the liver is not curable, although the various treatments discussed above can help to shrink tumors, improve life expectancy, and relieve symptoms. Patients with metastatic cancer to the liver usually die of their disease, however.
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