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maverick99
11 months, 1 day, 9 hours agoIn the United States, metastatic disease is the most
common cause of malignancy in the liver and is 20 to 50
times more common than primary liver cancer. The colon,
stomach, pancreas, and breast are the most common
primary sites. The appearance of a new lesion in the liver
in a patient with a history of cancer strongly suggests
hepatic metastasis. On the other hand, most small (1-1.5
cm) liver lesions, even in patients with known
malignancy, are not malignant, especially if there are
fewer than
Tags: hepatology
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