- Title
- Pathology
- Creator
- Leong, Anthony S.-Y.; Leong, Trishe Y.-M.; Wannakrairot, Pongsak
- Relation
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma p. 215-242
- Relation
- http://www.worldscibooks.com/medsci/6507.html
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- Hepacocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumor derived from heparocytes. It is the most frequent primary tumor of the liver; in a series of 6391 cases of primary liver cancer, 4317 (67.5%) were found to be HCCs. The most common etiological factors related to HCC are hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, dietary aflatoxin ingestion, and chronic alcohol abuse.
- Subject
- hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatitis; tumor; heparocytes; liver
- Identifier
- uon:6774
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/804945
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789812707994
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