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Liver tumors affect more than 300 children in the United States each year and management of these children requires coordinated comprehensive care from experts in many disciplines. To answer this problem, Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine announced today the formation of a new Liver Tumor Center that brings together renowned specialists in all aspects of liver cancer who will utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to provide the most comprehensive and innovative care for children afflicted with these diseases. The Liver Tumor Center is the first to open in Texas and the Southwest, and is supported by the vast infrastructure provided by Texas Children’s Cancer Center (TCCC), the largest pediatric oncology and hematology center in the country and one of the finest places for children with cancer to receive care. To learn more about the Liver Tumor Center at TCCC, visit bit.ly

AMC, acclaimed for both clinical and research achievements and experience in liver cancer treatment, was selected to serve as Asias first Continent Liver Cancer Medical Education Center. Physicians and staffers dealing with liver cancer treatment from the Departments of General Internal Medicine, Surgery and Radiology invited liver cancer specialists from across Asia and held PATH (Program for the Advancement of Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma) to introduce AMCs advanced treatment systems and share ideas on better treatment options. The program was carried out in 8 sessions for 3 days, bringing together 20 liver disease experts from China, India and Thailand and training them on cutting-edge liver cancer treatment plans offered by AMC. For the duration of the program, international physicians took a tour around operating rooms and observed radiotherapy procedures carried out in the Angiography Room of the Department of Radiology. This designation of a PATH education center is the fourth worldwide and the first in Asia. It is expected to provide momentum for AMC to strengthen its presence and promote its superior medical technologies in the global market.

Chin was diagnosed with cancer in 97 and pronounced pretty much dead with 20 days left to live. He’s still alive and well 10 years later. Find out why.

I contracted colon cancer about three years ago and had it removed by resection. This was followed by chemo using oxiplatin anf FU-5. I faired really well except for neural damage in feet. Now a spot has appeared in the upper portion of my liver which is metastatic from the colon. A local liver surgeon is planning a resection and this will undoubted be followed by more chemo. I understand the real risk is from other seedlings of the cancer which may now start to appear either in the liver or other organs and that my defenses will be really low to fight them. I am looking to find the research center who most commonly deals with metastatic colon cancer to learn as much as possible about new techniques, drugs, or whatever. I might go there for the surgery or at a minimum get a second opinion on procedure etc.