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liver cancer

vr.tr.liver-cancer · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain types, causes and risk factors of liver cancer, relay general information on prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment from health bodies, support patients and families in understanding care, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain types, causes and risk factors of liver cancer, relay general information on prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment from health bodies, support patients and families in understanding care, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

A malignant tumour arising in the liver, most commonly hepatocellular carcinoma from liver cells, together with cholangiocarcinoma from bile ducts, hepatoblastoma in children and rare liver sarcomas, distinguished from cancers that spread to the liver from elsewhere; liver cancer is strongly associated with chronic hepatitis B and C, cirrhosis, alcohol, fatty liver disease and aflatoxin, and is diagnosed, staged and treated under clinical guidelines with surgery, transplantation, local therapies and drugs.

What it is for: Malignant tumours of the liver.

It can be explain types and causes; relay prevention and treatment information; support understanding of care; route personal questions.

Distinguishing features

Primary liver origin

Hepatitis and cirrhosis link

Types by cell of origin

Guideline-based care

What it looks like

Not physical as a concept; tumours seen on imaging and pathology.

How it is recognised

Primary malignant liver tumour

Hepatocellular carcinoma most common

Liver metastases are cancers from elsewhere

Related models

is a kind of - category

liver neoplasm

is related to - benign liver tumours

adenoma

is related to - another cancer entry

stomach cancer

is related to - tissue of origin

epithelium

In practice

Families and kinds

hepatocellular carcinoma

cholangiocarcinoma

hepatoblastoma

liver sarcomas and rare tumours

metastatic cancer in the liver as a distinct category

Standards and regulation

Clinical practice guidelines for liver cancer

Hepatitis vaccination and screening programmes

Cancer registration and reporting

Failure modes and hazards

Agents giving personal diagnostic or treatment advice

Confusing primary and metastatic liver cancer

Outdated treatment information

Also called

neurofibroma of gallbladdermetastase of liver cancerchildhood cancer of liverliver carcinomahepatoblastomaliver sarcomahepatic osteogenic sarcomaliver lymphomaadult primary liver cancerrecurrent cancer of liverlocalized resectable adult primary liver cancercalcifying nested epithelial stromal tumor of the liversolitary necrotic nodule of the liverundifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liverrare epithelial tumor of liver and intrahepatic biliary tractmucinous cystic neoplasm of the livermixed hepatoblastomamacrotrabecular hepatoblastomarecurrent hepatoblastomaresectable hepatoblastomahepatoblastoma with pure fetal epithelial differentiationmixed hepatoblastoma with teratoid featureshepatoblastoma with combined fetal epithelial differentiation

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.liver-cancer

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What liver cancer is.

General information.

Types

Types.

Types

Types.

  1. What types of primary liver cancer exist, and how do they differ from liver metastases? definition
  2. Is the user asking about their own diagnosis, which needs their care team? boundary

Causes

Causes and risk factors.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What are the causes and risk factors, according to health bodies? provenance
  2. Which entry fits hepatitis or cirrhosis? action
Prevent Prevention and screening.

Public health.

Prevent

Prevention.

Prevent

Prevention.

  1. How can liver cancer risk be reduced through vaccination, hepatitis treatment and lifestyle, according to health bodies? provenance
  2. Which entry fits hepatitis B vaccination? action

Screen

Surveillance.

Screen

Surveillance.

  1. Who is offered surveillance for liver cancer, and how is it done, according to guidelines? provenance
  2. Is urgent care needed now? boundary
Care Diagnosis and treatment.

Guidelines.

Diagnose

Diagnosis and staging.

Diagnose

Diagnosis.

  1. How is liver cancer diagnosed and staged, in general terms? provenance
  2. Which entry fits cancer staging? action

Treat

Treatment.

Treat

Treatment.

  1. What treatments exist, from surgery and transplantation to local therapies and drugs, according to guidelines? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific treatment? action
Learn Epidemiology and research.

Education.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology.

  1. How common is liver cancer worldwide, and how does incidence vary by region? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. What research and trials are under way, and which findings are uncertain? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each type be a separate entry?
  • How should guidelines be linked?
  • How should support organisations be linked?
Draft as JSON