Liver cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third most common cause of death from cancer worldwide. As many as one in ten people have problems with the liver at some time in their life. In the UK alone there are more that 7500 deaths from liver disease each year and liver disease is dramatically on the increase in the UK - something healthcare professionals mostly blame on burgeoning lifestyles of excess.
Deaths from alcoholic liver disease have doubled in the last 10 years, with figures for the condition in young people increasing eight-fold due to binge drinking. Cirrhosis is killing more women than cervical cancer and more men than Parkinsons Disease.
Add to that a growing obesity problem and a predicted trebling of the disorder from viral hepatitis in the next 20 years and it is clear that this condition is becoming a major challenge.
These are just a few of the reasons why The London Clinic is a leader in delivering progressive medical and surgical care for patients with liver disease.
Key features
- Experienced and specialised nursing team
- Specialised liver nurse overseeing programmed
investigations
- Patient care nurse co-ordinator
- Clinical registrar in hepatology
Our experts
Expert surgeons, endoscopists, histopathologists, radiologists and other clinical fellows
See our liver physicians
See our liver surgeons
See our specialist liver histopathologists
See our specialist liver radiologists
The place
Beds dedicated to liver patients located on the fifth floor of the hospital for major medical and surgical cases as well as day-case management
A note from the Clinical Director, Professor Roger Willams CBE
Integrated
support
services
- Liver biochemistry
- Liver immunology
- Genetic screening
- Full hepatitis virological service
- Emergency admissions and consultations through
Liver Ward out of hours and over weekends
- Emergency rota for GI endoscopy
- Liver facilities in CCU
- Staffed five days a week to offer help and guidance
to patients with liver problems
- Our remarkable span of high-level and specialised
treatments contribute to a fully integrated service
- Fibroscan® and blood tests FibroTest-ActiTest
complementing use of liver biopsy in assessment of
liver function disturbances and possible liver disease
- Combined oncological, surgical and radiological
management of liver tumours, based on radio-
frequency ablation, chemoembolisation techniques,
portal vein embolisation and chemotherapy regimes
prior to major surgical resections
- TIPPS procedure for intractable ascites and variceal
bleeding. Portal haemodynamic measurements and
transjugular liver biopsies in assessment of cirrhosis
and unexplained liver disorders
- MARS technique of albumin dialysis for treatment of
liver decompensation and symptomatic management
of cholestatic disorders
- Co-ordinated assessment for liver transplantation and
post-operative care in collaboration with national and
international centres
Coverage in the Daily Mail - Liver patient case study
Liver Health - your questions answered
Contact details
Email
Telephone
Fax
Patient helpline
Monday - Friday 11.00am – 1.00pm
Out-of-hours patient emergency
Self-pay enquiries and guide prices
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The London Clinic Liver Centre
149 Harley Street
London W1G 6DE
livercentre@thelondonclinic.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7616 7719
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