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What is multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma?

What is multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma?

Abstract. Multifocal Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may be multiple HCCs of multicentric origin (MO) or intrahepatic metastases (IM) arising from a primary HCC.

Is HCC cancer curable?

Most people who develop HCC have cirrhosis, which is a build-up of scar tissue due to years of liver damage. Since HCC usually grows slowly in its early stages, it can often be cured if discovered early enough.

What is the most common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma?

In the US, infection with hepatitis C is the more common cause of HCC, while in Asia and developing countries, hepatitis B is more common. People infected with both viruses have a high risk of developing chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.

How long do people live with hepatocellular carcinoma?

For people with early-stage liver cancers who have a liver transplant, the 5-year survival rate is in the range of 60% to 70%….5-year relative survival rates for liver cancer.

SEER stage 5-year relative survival rate
Regional 12%
Distant 3%
All SEER stages combined 20%

Is hepatocellular carcinoma fatal?

HCC is the most frequent primary liver malignancy and one of the most common malignancies worldwide. HCC is considered as the sixth most common cancer type and as the third cause of cancer-related death in the developed countries[1]; more than a million people are dying yearly due to HCC in the Western countries.

Does hepatocellular carcinoma spread fast?

Liver cancer can spread quickly depending on the type of cancer. Hemangiosarcoma and angiosarcoma types of liver cancer are fast spreading, whereas hepatocellular carcinoma spreads late in the disease.

How fast does HCC progress?

Question 5: how fast do tumors grow? The mean volume doubling time of small (,5 cm) HCCs ranges from 112 to 204 days; the interindividual variability of tumor growth is also very high, the individual doubling time ranging from 30 to 600 days (34–38).

How do you get hepatocellular carcinoma?

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is the major form of liver cancer. Risk factors for HCC include chronic HBV (hepatitis B virus) and HCV (hepatitis C virus) infections, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic alcohol use, obesity and diabetes mellitus etc [2].