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Liver Biopsy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/liverbiopsy/index.htm 3. How Is Liver Cancer Found? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_3x_how_is_liver_cancer_fo... 4. ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatograp National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/ 5. After the Tests: Staging American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_3x_after_the_tests_stagin... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Cancer.gov Dictionary National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ Disease Management 1. What Happens After Treatment of Liver Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_happens_after_tre... Genetics 1. Metastasis Gene May Be Useful for Diagnosis and Tr National Cancer Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2003/nci-16.htm National Institutes of Health 1. Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/patient/... 2. What You Need to Know about Liver Cancer National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/liver Organizations 1. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ 2. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ Overviews 1. What Is Liver Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_what_is_liver_cancer_2... 2. Liver Cancer Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00399 Prevention/Screening 1. Liver Panel American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.htm... 2. Hepatocellular Cancer (PDQ): Screening National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/screening/hepatocellular/patient/ 3. Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_2x_can_liver_cancer_be_pr... 4. ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alt/test.html Related Issues 1. What Causes Liver Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_2x_what_causes_liver_canc... 2. What Should You Ask Your Doctor about Liver Cancer American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_yo... Research 1. What's New in Liver Cancer Research? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_7x_whats_new_in_liver_can... 2. Chemoembolization May Help Some Patients with Inop National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/chemoembolization0602 Statistics 1. How Many People Get Liver Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_how_many_people_get_li... Treatment 1. Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Ans National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_34.htm 2. How Is Liver Cancer Treated? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_4x_how_is_liver_cancer_tr... 3. Liver Resection Procedure slp 3D http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=155 4. Liver Resection with Implantation of Infusion Pump slp 3D http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=117 5. Treatments: Chemoembolization, Tumor Ablation, and Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/cancerTreatments.shtml 6. 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