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Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Program provides early detection, expert diagnosis, personalized treatment options, and survivorship support to every patient. Our team of experts includes surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, and other cancer specialists.

Liver cancer is cancer that starts in your liver. There are different kinds of liver cancer. But the most common type in adults is called hepatocellular carcinoma. It starts in the main liver cells called hepatocytes.

Experts at Saint Luke’s Hospital performed the first liver transplant in Kansas City in 1980, becoming just the third hospital in the U.S. to perform the procedure. Our surgical team includes some of the most experienced physicians in the area.

Patients who receive organs from living donors tend to have better outcomes than those who receive organs from deceased donors. Our living kidney donor experts perform living kidney donor surgeries and offer personalized support and unmatched expertise to donors who consider this selfless act.