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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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Coping skills
... Learning you have any life-threatening illness can be devastating. But coping with a diagnosis of liver cancer can be especially difficult. The more advanced the disease when it''s discovered, the les...
Source: MayoClinic
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Resources
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
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