The liver is a common site of metastatic disease. The portal vein drains the abdominal viscera and is presumably the conduit for metastases from tumors of the colon and rectum, stomach, pancreas, and small intestine. Breast cancer commonly spreads to the the liver as do lung cancer and lymphoma. To the right are CT images of the abdomen showing liver metastases.
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