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October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month 2024

October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month 2024

What is liver cancer?Liver cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the cells of the liver. The most common type is hepatocellular carcinoma, which starts in the main type of liver cell (hepatocyte). What are the risk factors for liver cancer?Risk factors include chronic infection with hepatitis B or C, cirrhosis, certain inherited […]

Iraqi man gets living donor's liver

Iraqi man gets living donor’s liver

IRAQI NATIONAL Khalid Zaidan (48), whose liver had failed due to excessive consumption of alcohol, got a new lease of life with a living donor liver transplant. Mr. Zaidan underwent surgery for the same at Fortis Hospital in Mulund. Mr. Zaidan was successfully operated upon by a team of doctors led by senior consultant transplant […]

Fortis gives new lease of life to Iraqi, through liver transplant

Fortis gives new lease of life to Iraqi, through liver transplant

Unavailability of medical facilities in Iraq forced Khalid Zaidan to come to India to get treated for cirrhosis of liver, with his 23-yr old nephew who doubled as his donor 48-year old Khalid Zaidan from Iraq who was diagnosed with cirrhosis of liver (a condition in which liver function progressively declines and liver fails to […]