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The most common type of primary liver tumor, hepatocellular carcinoma, originates from liver cells (hepatocytes) and has a low rate of spread to other organs. Other types of primary liver...

...portal blood flow on nuclear scintigraphies (nuclear scans of liver blood flow), portograms (x-ray studies of liver blood flow), and CT angiograms (CAT scans of liver blood flow), but they...

...then takes blood to be filtered by the liver. The liver metabolizes and detoxifies this blood. If a shunt is present, the liver is deprived of factors that enhance liver...

...nodes or tumor spread into other organs such as liver, kidneys, etc. These enlarged lymph nodes are often what produce symptoms associated with defecation. Consultation with your primary care veterinarian...

...(very small ducts within the liver) into larger ducts that leave the liver and eventually into the bile duct, and is then stored in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is drained...

...character of all the mammary masses and assess local lymph node enlargement. Other procedures are performed to stage the cancer (determine what type it is and where it is located...

...analysis of the tumor has been performed. The tumor is removed and submitted for histopathology. Metastasis (spread of tumor cells) occurs first at the local lymph nodes and then potentially...