Hepatocellular carcinoma

Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma

Description of Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (medical condition): Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary malignancy of the liver.

See also:

Liver cancer:
  »Introduction: Liver cancer
  »Symptoms of Liver cancer
  »Causes of Liver cancer
  »Tests for Liver cancer
  »Treatments for Liver cancer

Hepatocellular carcinoma: A type of adenocarcinoma, the most common type of liver tumor.
Source: National Institute of Health

Hepatocellular carcinoma: carcinoma of the liver.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hepatocellular carcinoma: relatively uncommon malignant hepatic tumor; usually arises in cirrhotic liver; predominately affects males.
Source: Diseases Database

Hepatocellular carcinoma: primary malignant neoplasm of epithelial liver cells; it ranges from a well-differentiated tumor with epithelial cells indistinguishable from normal hepatocytes to a poorly differentiated neoplasm; the cells may be uniform or markedly pleomorphic, or form giant cells; associations exist with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, some types of cirrhosis, and hepatitis C virus infection.
Source: CRISP

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hepatocellular carcinoma:

• Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Hepatocellular carcinoma as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Hepatocellular carcinoma as a Disease

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Another name for Liver cancer (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Liver cancer
  »Symptoms of Liver cancer
  »Causes of Liver cancer
  »Treatments for Liver cancer

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Related Diseases

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Hepatocellular carcinoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Liver conditions
• Chronic liver disease
• Abdominal Cancer

Causes of Hepatocellular carcinoma

Some of the causes of Hepatocellular carcinoma are included in the list below:

• Other cancers - liver cancer is a common metastasis
  • Breast cancer
  • Colon cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Stomach cancer

See full list of 37 causes of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver cancer)

Symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver cancer)

Some of the symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma incude:

• No early symptoms - there are often no symptoms in its early stages
• Upper right abdomen pain
• Swelling in upper right abdomen
• Abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder
• Swollen abdomen

See full list of 35 symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver cancer)

Treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver cancer)

Treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver cancer) include:

• Chemotherapy
  • Hepatic arterial infusion
  • Hepatic arterial infusion pump
  • Chemoembolization
• Radiation therapy

See full list of 21 treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma

Treatment of Hepatocellular carcinoma: For more treatment information about Hepatocellular carcinoma, see treatment of Liver cancer (Hepatocellular carcinoma)

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hepatocellular carcinoma:

• hepatocellular carcinoma
• cholangiocarcinoma
• hemangioma
• hepatoma
• aflatoxin
• oral contraceptives

Terms associated with Hepatocellular carcinoma:

Terms Similar to Hepatocellular carcinoma:

• Liver cancer, primary

Source: Diseases Database

• hepatoma
• malignant hepatoma
• hepatocarcinoma

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hepatocellular carcinoma

• adenocarcinoma
• liver neoplasm

Source - CRISP

• carcinoma

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Hepatocellular carcinoma can be used for:

• hepatoma

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hepatocellular carcinoma

The following list attempts to classify Hepatocellular carcinoma into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• carcinoma
• cancer,malignant neoplastic disease
• malignant neoplasm,malignant tumor,metastatic tumor
• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Hepatocellular carcinoma

• eMedicine - Hepatocellular Carcinoma : Article by Daniel R Jacobson, MD, MS
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
• eMedicine - Hepatic Carcinoma, Primary : Article by Keith E Stuart, MD
• Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for operable hepatocellular carcinoma (Cochrane Review)
• hepatoma
• eMedicine - Hepatocellular Carcinoma : Article by Stuart S Winter, MD
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Hepatocellular carcinoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• OMIM - HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
• Alpha-fetoprotein and/or liver ultrasonography for liver cancer screening in patients with chronic hepatitis B (Cochrane Review)
• National Cancer Institute - Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment
• DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,carcinoma, hepatocellular
• Radiofrequency thermal ablation versus other interventions for hepatocellular carcinoma (Cochrane Review)
• National Cancer Institute - Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment

Source: Diseases Database

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