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Liver cancer refers to cancer that begins in the liver. The liver is also a common site of metastases, which is cancer that spreads from one part of the body to another where it can continue to grow) from a variety of organs such as lung, breast, colon and rectum.
Liver cancer is often not found early because there are seldom any signs or symptoms. It is hard for doctors to feel for lumps on the liver because of where it is located, under the rib cage. Also, many types of liver cancer grow very quickly. For all of these reasons, it is hard to detect liver cancer early.
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