Proton Therapy Treatment for Liver Cancer  MD Anderson Cancer
Center Date: 1-16-2012  Lisa Garvin: Welcome to Cancer Newsline,
a podcast series from the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center. Cancer Newsline helps you stay current with the
news on cancer research, diagnosis, treatment and prevention,
providing the latest information on reducing your family's
cancer risk. I'm you host, Lisa Garvin. Today, our subject is
using proton therapy to treat liver cancer here at M.D.
Anderson. And our guest is Dr. Christopher Crane. He's a
professor and the program director of the gastrointestinal
radiation oncology program at M.D. Anderson. Welcome Dr. Crane.
Dr. Christopher Crane: Thank you Lisa.  Lisa Garvin: Let's talk
about liver cancer in general. It's not a great cancer to have.
What are some of the general statistics on liver cancer?  Dr.
Christopher Crane: Well, the two major types of solid liver
tumors are hepatocellular carcinoma and the other was
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. One of them star