Liver cancer

Name(s): 
Malignant neoplasm of the liver
Hepatoblastoma
Cancer of the intrahepatic bile ducts
Cancer of the intrahepatic gall duct
Nature 
Cancers rarely begin in the liver, but liver cancer is a common form of cancer that is nearly always fatal.
Incidence 
Before 1980, in the US, geographic variation in human liver cancer was hypothesized to be due to aflatoxin exposure. Between 1980 and 1990, the same variation was explained by the hypothesis that hepatitis B infection imparted a higher risk of liver cancer. In the 1990s, a newer understanding about these exposures supports the hypothesis that the interaction of aflatoxin and hepatitis B infection imparts the highest attributable risk for liver cancer.

This form of cancer is sigificant in Japan.

Claim 
Cyanobacterial toxins that grow in polluted water are linked to liver cancer.
Broader 
Liver diseases
Cancers linked with viruses
Malignant neoplasm of digestive organs and peritoneum
Narrower 
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Related 
Pattern of congealed Blood in the Liver in the body
Pattern of Liver invading Spleen and Stomach in the body
Patterns of Excess Fire in Liver and Gall Bladder in the body
Pattern of Deficient Spleen Qi and Deficient Kidney Yang in the body
Aggravated by 
Viral hepatitis
Type B viral hepatitis
Health hazards of alcohol consumption
Toxic blue-green algae in drinking water
Type C viral hepatitis
Value(s) 
Malignancy
Neoplasm
Reference(s) 
Bottino, Joseph C, et al: Liver Cancer
Melnick, J L and Maupas, P: Hepatitis B Virus and Primary Liver Cancer
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems