What A Liver Cancer Diagnosis Means

Dr Balraj Singh, Consultant General and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur

12-Nov-24 16:00

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Your liver’s biggest role is to remove toxins from your blood, but what happens when that function is impaired by cancer? Consultant general and hepatobiliary surgeon Dr Balraj Singh from Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur joins us to share more about liver cancer and how it impacts liver function. He’ll also be talking about early detection of liver cancer and advances in treatment.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories: wellness, managing disease

Tags: liver disease, the bigger picture, health and living, pantaihospitalkl, liver cancer, cirrhosis, oncology, surgery, chemotherapy,

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