Abstract
Primary liver cancer is the fourth most common tumor worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs mainly in the context of cirrhosis, hepatitis B or C virus infection, or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Underlying liver disease limits therapeutic efficacy.
Keywords
Hepatocellular carcinomaMedicineCirrhosisNonalcoholic steatohepatitisContext (archaeology)Liver cancerHepatitis B virusCarcinomaSteatohepatitisLiver diseaseHepatitis BInternal medicineGastroenterologyCancerDiseaseNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseVirusFatty liverImmunology
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- Type
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- Volume
- 380
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 1450-1462
- Citations
- 4412
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Augusto Villanueva
(2019).
Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 380
(15)
, 1450-1462.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1713263
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- DOI
- 10.1056/nejmra1713263