Liver cancer

Liver cancer is malignant tumors on, or in, a liver. The most common form of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma, which is common in those with cirrhosis of the liver, which may be caused by alcohol abuse, Wilson's disease, or hepatitis. Hepatoblastoma occurs most often in children.

Liver Cancer Media

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  Liver tumor types by relative incidence in adults in the United States (liver cancers in dark red color).

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  This electron micrograph shows hepatitis B virus "Dane particles", or virions.

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  High magnification micrograph of a liver with cirrhosis. Trichrome stain. The most common cause of cirrhosis in the Western world is alcohol use disorder – the cause of cirrhosis in this case.

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  A surgeon performing photodynamic therapy

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  Deaths from liver cancer per million persons in 2012

       6–18     19–24     25–32     33–40     41–50     51–65     66–72     73–90     91–122     123–479