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Hepatic stellate cells and extracellular matrix in hepatocellular carcinoma: more complicated than ever
8 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer death. Recent epidemiological data indicate that the mortality rate of HCC will double over the next decades in the USA and Europe. Liver cancer progresses in a large percentage of cases during the clinical course of chronic fibro-inflammatory liver diseases leading to cirrhosis. Therefore, HCC...
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