Liver Cancer |
Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the liver. Most cases of HCC are secondary to either hepatitis infection (usually hepatitis B or C) or cirrhosis (alcoholism being the most common cause of hepatic cirrhosis). In countries where hepatitis is not endemic, most malignant cancers in the liver are not primary HCC but metastasis (spread) of cancer from elsewhere in the body, e.g. the colon. Treatment options of HCC and prognosis are dependen ...
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Resources
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Adult Primary Liver CancerTreatment - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- After the Tests: Staging (American Cancer Society)
- ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- American Cancer Society
- Can Liver Cancer Be Prevented? (American Cancer Society)
- Cáncer de las vías biliares extrahepáticas (PDQ®): Tratamiento (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Genetics Overview (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Children: U.S. (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Literature in PubMed (National Cancer Institute)
- Cáncer primario del hígado en adultos (PDQ®): Tratamiento (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Topic Searches: Gastrointestinal Cancers (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer.gov Dictionary (National Cancer Institute)
- Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Cáncer ovárico: preguntas y respuestas
- Chemoembolization May Help Some Patients with Inoperable Liver Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Childhood Cancer Trial Results (National Cancer Institute)
- Childhood Liver Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Childhood Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Childhood Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Children's Assent to Clinical Trial Participation (National Cancer Institute)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Neoplasms (National Institutes of Health)
- Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
- El aparato digestivo y su funcionamiento (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Etapa del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas (National Cancer Institute)
- Finding Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) SPOREs (National Cancer Institute)
- Hepatitis C: An Emerging Threat to Public Health (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Hepatocellular Cancer (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Hepatocellular Cancer (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (Google Health)
- Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats
- How Is Liver Cancer Found? (American Cancer Society)
- How Is Liver Cancer Treated? (American Cancer Society)
- How Many People Get Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- If Liver Cancer Is Suspected (American Cancer Society)
- Increasing Rates of Primary Liver Cancer in the United States (American College of Physicians)
- Interferon Therapy Improves Survival in Patients with Liver Cancer and Hepatitis C Virus Infection (American College of Physicians)
- Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
- Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct: U.S. Racial/Ethnic Cancer Patterns (National Cancer Institute)
- Liver Biopsy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Liver Cancer (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Liver Cancer (Medline Plus)
- Liver Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Liver Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
- Liver Cancer Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
- Liver Cancer Research Funding Opportunities (National Cancer Institute)
- Liver Cancer Research Projects (National Cancer Institute)
- Liver Cancer Trial Results (National Cancer Institute)
- Liver Panel (Lab Tests Online)
- Liver Transplantation (Cleveland Clinic)
- Metastasis Gene May Be Useful for Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
- Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers
- National Cancer Institute
- NCI Designated Cancer Centers (National Cancer Institute)
- Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
- Preguntas y respuestas acerca del cáncer metastásico
- Questions and Answers about Living with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Radiofrequency Ablation (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center)
- Ritalin and Liver Cancer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Search for Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Search: Cancer Genetics Services Directory (National Cancer Institute)
- Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
- Treating Cancer with RFA (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Treatments: Chemoembolization, Tumor Ablation, and More (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers
- Tumor Markers
- Ultrasound-Abdomen (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Understanding Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute)
- Understanding Gene Testing (National Cancer Institute)
- What Causes Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What Happens After Treatment of Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What Is Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What Is Liver Cancer? (MayoClinic)
- What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Liver Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What You Need to Know about Liver Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know About Liver Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know About Liver Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know Aboutâ„¢ Liver Cancer (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- What's New in Liver Cancer Research? (American Cancer Society)
- Young People with Cancer: A Handbook for Parents (National Cancer Institute)
- Your Digestive System and How It Works (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

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