re: Found out today dad has liver cancer

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So there is a difference?

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Yes. If what you described is correct, it sounds like it’s cancerous lung tissue growing in his liver.

Honestly though I’m not sure how that will change the treatments, if at all. It might be a question to ask the oncologist.

Unfortunately, cancer is not a single disease. It’s thousands of different diseases that are all unique. That’s one reason that it’s so difficult to treat.

My prayers and best wishes are headed your way, brother.

Invasive adenocarcinoma. Any knowledge of it?

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Can it be treated as far as you know?

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Probably depends on whether he is healthy enough to take chemotherapy.

I would go out of state and try to find the best treatments possible. Maybe there’s a state-of-the-art, revolutionary treatment available somewhere.

The university of Florida is supposedly developing cancer vaccines to attack some cancerous tumors. Maybe you can call them to inquire about it. They’re in clinical trials right now
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My wife has liver cancer (bile duct cancer). She had a hepatectomy (removed half her liver, her gall bladder, and ablation on small areas) in 2024. There are several types of chemo that can be used, and how people tolerate it varies wildly. She's had three types of chemo so far, and tolerated them fairly well, but only the last one has had much benefit. She's now going to have a Trans Arterial Radio Embolization (TARE) with a radioisotope , Y-90, injected into the tumor's blood supply.
Your father might be able to have histotripsy, which uses sound waves to destroy tumors in a non-invasive procedure. It's pretty new, UAB, where my wife gets treated, doesn't use it yet. I think the University of South Alabama does it.

Thanks