Article
Molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Feb 2008
Wong Chun-Ming, Ng Irene O L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Hepatocarcinogenesis is a multistep process evolving from normal through chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis and dysplastic nodules to HCC. With advances in molecular methods, there is a growing understanding of the molecular mechanisms in hepatocarcinogenesis. Hepatocarcinogenesis is strongly linked to...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Chromosomal Instability
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Mutation
- Signal Transduction
- Wnt Proteins
- beta Catenin
- ras Proteins
