The Panel concludes (Chapter
7.8 pages 277-280) To download the liver chapter as a
pdf click
here
The evidence is convincing that aflatoxins, which contaminate
mostly cereals (grains) and pulses (legumes), usually
as a result of long storage in hot, wet conditions, are
a cause of liver cancer.
Alcoholic drinks are probably a cause
of liver cancer.
There
is limited evidence suggesting that fruits are protective,
and that body fatness is a cause of this cancer.
Source: Second Expert Report:
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention
of Cancer: a Global Perspective. World Cancer
Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer Research
(WCRF/AICR), Washington DC: AICR, 2007. 537 Pages.
Note: PDF file of the complete report is 12 MB in size.
More about this report can be found on the “diet” link
[or some other name later] of this website. To download
the entire report (pdf 12MB) please
click here.
To download a summary of the report (16 pages, pdf 1.2MB) please
click here
To download the report’s summary
in other languages than English (WCRF website), please
click here
RESOURCES:
MedlinePlus
- Liver Cancer Link
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus
brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical
encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. To visit
MedlinePlus online for Liver Cancer with an extensive, constantly updated resource
list please click
here
Treatment guidelines
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines:
Hepatobiliary Cancers
NCCN 2008, 35 pages (pdf 220K). To download the pdf
click
here
The National Comprehensive
Cancer Network’s NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
in Oncology™ are one of the most comprehensive and
most frequently updated clinical practice guidelines
available in any area of Medicine. Covering 97 percent
of all patients with cancer and updated on a continual
basis, the NCCN Guidelines are developed through an
explicit review of the evidence integrated with expert
medical judgment by multidisciplinary panels from NCCN
Member Institutions. Treatment recommendations are
specific and are implemented through performance measurement.
NCCN Guidelines Panels address cancer detection, prevention
and risk reduction, workup and diagnosis, treatment
and supportive care. Please visit the NCCN website
to ensure you have the latest treatment guidelines
available, since they are updated almost every year:
(free log in required to get to the guidelines) click
here
US
GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL RESOURCES
The National Cancer Institute
(NCI)
is a component of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose
the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
The National Cancer Institute coordinates
the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports
research, training, health information dissemination,
and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from
cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and
the families of cancer patients.
NCI publishes a wealth of information
about cancer on the Web. To make it easier for you we
have provided direct breast cancer links from NCI below.
Liver
(Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening (PDQ®) (PDQ,
as it is commonly known stands for Physicians Data
Query. The "health professional" link is
more scientific and focuses on treatment options)
“What You Need
To Know About™ Liver Cancer”
NCI’s booklet
informs about cancer
symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask
your health care provider. To read the publication,
constantly updated, online on the NCI website, please
click here
NCI’s booklet “What You Need
To Know About™ Liver Cancer”
helps you to
learn about liver cancer symptoms, diagnosis,
treatment, and questions to ask your health care provider.
NCI 2006, 51 pages (pdf 2MB). To download the pdf file please
click here
American Cancer Society (ACS) is
the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization
dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem
by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering
from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and
service. For liver cancer from ACS please
click here
For a list of the complete list of Guidelines,
from the American Cancer Society (ACS),
that are updated constantly, please
click here
The American
Liver Foundation
was created in 1976 by the American
Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD). This
organization of scientists and healthcare professionals
was concerned with the rising incidence of liver disease
and the lack of awareness among both the general public
and the medical community. The mission, the programs and
the services provided by ALF complement the great work
of AASLD.
