Cecelia L. Crawford
Cancer that spreads to the liver is more common than malignant growth that starts in the liver cells. Cancer that starts in another region of the body — like the colon, lung or breast and afterward spreads to the liver is called metastatic cancer rather than liver cancer.. This kind of malignancy is named after the organ in which it started for example, metastatic colon cancer to describe malignant growth that starts in the colon and spreads to the liver.