Hepatocellular carcinoma

Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma

Description of Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (medical condition): Malignant primary liver cancer. See also Hepatoma:
  »Introduction: Hepatoma
  »Symptoms of Hepatoma
  »Causes of Hepatoma
  »Treatments for Hepatoma

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: 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 Hepatoma (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Hepatoma
  »Symptoms of Hepatoma
  »Causes of Hepatoma
  »Treatments for Hepatoma

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

Causes of Hepatocellular carcinoma

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

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Alcoholic liver disease
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis B
• Chronic hepatitis B

See full list of 6 causes of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hepatoma)

Symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hepatoma)

Some of the symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma incude:

• Malaise
• Weight loss
• Appetite loss
• Abdominal discomfort
• Jaundice - and the symptoms of jaundice

See full list of 28 symptoms of Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hepatoma)

Treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hepatoma)

Treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hepatoma) include:

• Surgery
• Medications
• Pain medications
• See treatment of liver cancer
• Surgery, liver transplant, percutaneous ethanol injection, radiofrequency ablation, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, high intensity focused ultrasound, hormonal therapy, cryosurgery, palliative, chemotherapy, radiation

Read more about treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma

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

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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