Archive for the 'Liver cancer' Category

What is Liver Cancer?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

There are two main kinds of liver cancer. Heptoma and cholangiocarcinoma. Heptoma is cancerĀ  of the hepatocytes. (The main functioning liver cell). Hepatoma is primary liver cancer. Hepatoma usually grows in the liver as a ball-like tumor, invading the normal tissue surrounding it. A history of infection with the hepatitis B virus puts individuals at [...]

blood cancer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

It is unacceptable that blood cancers are considered incurable.
Research in finding more effective treatments and cures for blood cancers is proceeding at an extrordinary and positive pcae. In my laboratory at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center - which leads the nation in blood cancer research - we are pursuing many innovative approaches. We constantly increasing [...]