Liver Cancer is one of the hardest cancers to diagnose and treat, with many patients left clueless until the very last stage, diminishing their chances of survival.

Liver cancer will occur in patients that have previously suffered from chronic hepatitis, which is a disease that attacks the liver. This can lead to a development of cancer cells anywhere in your body or in the liver itself, depending on the type of liver cancer you have.

There are two types of liver cancer. The first is the cancer that originates in the liver and is known as ‘primary liver cancer’. This can occur in the cells of your liver or from the tubes that drain your liver of the bile it accumulates; however, this is not a very common form.

The ‘secondary liver cancer’, which spreads to the liver from a different part of your body, is more commonly reported in patients. This is usually the result of a primary tumor in a different part of your body, which has travelled via your blood and ended up in your liver. This can travel from your stomach, bladder, colon, breasts or lungs.