1. Dana Patterson Mrs. Barnes Project Due February 24 th

2.  The Functions Of Your Liver  Healthy/Cancerous Liver  Effects Of Liver Cancer  Liver Cancer Survival Rates  Stages Of Liver Cancer  Overall View Of Liver Cancer  Glossary  Bibliography

3. The Functions Of Your Liver  Your liver cleanses your body of things like alcohol and bacteria. It produces certain substances, like one that helps your blood clot. It produces bile, a substance that helps you digest food.  When you get liver cancer, your liver stops producing these important substances. This Is Where The Liver Is Located

4. Healthy/Cancerous Liver  A healthy liver is reddish-brown and has no spots, cists or holes.  A cancerous liver is brighter red and has many spots and lumps. A cancerous liver also can develop holes. Cancerous Liver Cancerous

5. Effects Of Liver Cancer As A Result Of Liver Cancer, You Can Have The Following Symptoms: Yellowish Color In Whites Of Eyes Yellowish Color In Whites Of Eyes Jaundice Jaundice Indigestion Indigestion Swollen Liver Swollen Liver Allergies Allergies Gallstones (Severe Cases) Gallstones (Severe Cases)

6. Liver Cancer Survival Rates

7. Stages Of Liver Cancer… 1.Stage I - Liver Cancer is localized and can be surgically removed. 2.Stage II – A Few Tumors Are Present, But They’re Confined To One Lobe 3.Stage III A – Hasn’t spread to other organs or lymph nodes. 4.Stage III B - Cancer has spread to adjacent lymph nodes but not to other organs. 5.Stage IV - Terminal

8. Overall View Of Liver Cancer  To wrap it up, liver cancer is a cancer that starts in your liver. It’s not a cancer that spreads from another part of your body. Your liver is an important organ and liver cancer can be fatal.  There are many effects of liver cancer, but some of them could be jaundice, indigestion, a swollen liver, or allergies.  There are many stages of liver cancer, with four being terminal.

9. Glossary Gallstones – Stones that form when substances in bile harden Jaundice – yellowing of the skin Lymph nodes - a small circular ball shape organ of the immune system, distributed widely throughout the body and linked by lymphatic vessels Organs – a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task Terminal – forming the end of a series of succession; the closing or conclusion of something

10. A Very Special Thanks To… http://www.liver-cancer.info http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis_ez/ www.modernguidetohealth.com www.audiolivres.com www.wikipedia.org