The liver is a large, glandular, vital organ divided into two main lobes with a major role in metabolism, detoxification and production of chemicals necessary for digestion. The liver is ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for primary liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in the United States for 2025 are: About 42,240 new cases (28,220 in men and 14,020 in women) will be ...

When we hear the word "hepatitis," we tend to associate it with cirrhosis and other disorders affecting the liver. But it's not always the case. As with other persistent, chronic infections, hepatitis ...

Hepatitis and cirrhosis are both diseases that affect the liver. Since hepatitis and cirrhosis are in many ways on a continuum of disease, the symptoms may be very similar. However, there are a ...

Cirrhosis is the severe scarring or fibrosis of the liver. It happens in the late stage of liver disease and other conditions that involve liver damage. The scarring that occurs with cirrhosis is ...

A percutaneous liver biopsy is often contraindicated because of the presence of coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, and ascites. Transjugular liver biopsies may provide clinically useful information ...

It's not something you probably think much about, but your liver is a key player in your body's digestive system. Nutrients you eat or drink, as well as medicines, passes through it. You need to ...

Liver disease is any disease that directly affects your liver. Unlike acute liver failure, which happens suddenly, liver disease progresses slowly over time. Some types of liver disease, like ...

That’s called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD, when fat builds up in the liver in non-drinkers, inflaming and scarring it, resulting in serious damage if untreated over time. “Almost one in ...

Sentinel lymph nodes are the first lymph node or nodes that a cancer may spread to. A sentinel lymph node biopsy is a test to find these lymph nodes. Your doctor then checks to see they have cancer ...