How do doctors determine if a patient is eligible for liver tumor surgery?

Liver tumor removal is possible for many patients. It is possible to remove even large parts of the liver. That's because the liver has a special ability to "regrow" itself to make up for the lost sections. Your doctor will decide if you're a candidate for liver tumor surgery based on the likelihood that your liver can regrow successfully after tumor removal. The success of a liver tumor removal depends on the following factors:

• Location of the tumor within the liver
• The number of masses you have
• How these masses are distributed throughout your liver
• The amount of liver you will have left after the tumor removal