Liver Cancer Treatment at the University of Colorado Cancer Center

Your liver is one of the biggest organs in your body. Your liver filters toxins from your blood, makes bile to digest fats from food, and stores glycogen - your primary energy source.

An estimated 19,160 new cases of liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer (cancer that forms in the liver from the small ducts or tubes that pass bile from the liver) will be diagnosed in the United States during 2007. There are two types of liver cancer:

• Primary liver cancer forms in the liver tissues
• Secondary liver cancer spreads to the liver from another part of the body

We Specialize in Liver Cancer

There are more than 100 different types of cancer. To ensure that we are always leading care at the cutting edge, UCCC has expert teams that each specialize in a small number of different cancer types. Because we are sub-specialized in cancers of the gastrointestinal system, we have treated the most common and the rarest types of cancer.

We’re the Region’s Only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Colorado Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Rocky Mountain Region-and one of only 39 in the United States.

• This designation means that we are recognized as leaders in providing outstanding cancer care and cancer-related education, and in driving new research
• No other cancer center in the region offers the expertise we do

We’re One of the Nation’s Best Cancer Centers

U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked the University of Colorado Cancer Center’s adult patient care center at University of Colorado Hospital among the best cancer programs in the nation.

• In 2007, we ranked 35^th overall and among the ten best in the West
• 5280 Magazine consistently votes our cancer doctors among the best in Colorado
• We have more cancer doctors listed among Best Doctors in America than any other cancer center in the region