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Liver Cancer | Last Active: Oct 8, 2021 | Replies (6)
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I asked his Dr about it and he kind of brushed it off because he didn’t know the exact qualifications for someone to receive an organ donation. My dad also has diabetes and congestive heart failure so that could be an issue. I just don’t know where to start. They found the tumor 2 years ago and have just been “spot treating” it with localized radiation. This last July they checked on it and it grew. He seems fine, he’s never sick - you wouldn’t even know he had it.
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Hi CJ, I'd like to add my welcome. I'd like to bring @digibson @mudshark @duckduck2020 into this discussion.
I can see that you are trying to research all possible treatment options for your father. And you'd like to know more about Y90 treatment and to find out if liver transplant is a possibility.
To learn more about liver transplantation and eligibility, you may wish to contact the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center - Living-donor transplantation: https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/transplant-center/living-donor-transplantation/gnc-20203911
This information includes a link to start a donor evaluation.
Here's a Mayo Clinic Q and A about living liver donation that offers more information: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-living-liver-donation/
Before you start a donor evaluation however, it seems that it would first be important to establish if your father is a candidate for transplant. You can contact Mayo Clinic to learn more.