Cancer of the liver and Liver disease

Cancer of the liver noun - Malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort.

Liver disease and cancer of the liver are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Liver disease" instead a noun phrase "Cancer of the liver".

Liver disease noun - A disease affecting the liver.

Cancer of the liver and liver disease are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cancer of the liver" with "Liver disease", this phrases are similar.