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SECONDARY-LIVER-CANCER


origination date: 18/03/2002
originator: Maribel
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LIVER-AND-INTRAHEPATIC-BILE-DUCTS
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-DIGESTIVE-ORGANS-AND-PERITONEUM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LIVER-AND-INTRAHEPATIC-BILE-DUCTS
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
secondary liver cancerdefinition: cancer that has spread to the liver from another site. Diagnostic procedures include physical examination, liver scan, ultrasound, CT scan, and alkaline phosphatase test. Treatment depends on the extension of the tumor and the development. Surgical removal of the whole tumor improves survival expectations. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 9
term type: main entry term
liver metastasisterm type: synonym
definition: see secondary liver cancer. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10

Spanish
metástasis hepáticadefinition: cáncer que se ha extendido al hígado desde otro lugar. Los procedimientos diagnósticos incluyen exploración física, escáner hepático, ultrasonidos, TAC y prueba de fosfatasa alcalina. El tratamiento depende de la extensión del tumor y la progresión. La extirpación de la totalidad de la masa tumoral proporciona posibilidades de supervivencia. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term