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Natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma including fibrolamellar and hepato-cholangiocarcinoma variants.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Apr 2002
Okuda Kunio
Abstract excerpt
The natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) varies greatly with the global region, because the carcinogenic factors are not the same among countries. Besides the clinicopathological factors such as tumor characteristics, sex, and age, background liver disease is a major determinant of prognosis. Hepatocellular carcinoma, mainly associated with chemical carcinogens such as aflatoxin, does not have severe...
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