malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
The rate oflivercancers among those islanders increased sharply.
这些岛民的肝癌发病率急剧上升。
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Cures for the major killers, such as cancersofthe lung, breast and liver, remain elusive primarily because of the unpredictable nature of cancer cells.
由于癌细胞具有难以预测的本性，治疗如肺癌、乳腺癌和肝癌这些主要杀手的方法依然是重大的难题。
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Smoking is one ofthe leading causes of over a dozen cancers, including lung, oral, stomach, and liver cancer.