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  2. Hepatocellular carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatocellular carcinoma in an individual who was hepatitis C positive. Autopsy specimen. Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC [1]) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults and is currently the most common cause of death in people with cirrhosis. [2] HCC is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths ...

  3. Liver cancer - Wikipedia

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    Given that HCC is the most-common type of liver cancer, the areas around the world with the most new cases of HCC each year are Northern and Western Africa as well as Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. China has 50% of HCC cases globally, and more than 80% of total cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa or in East-Asia due to hepatitis B virus.

  4. Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Fibrolamellar carcinoma ( FLC) is a rare form of carcinoma that typically affects young adults and is characterized, under the microscope, by laminated fibrous layers interspersed between the tumor cells. [1] It has been estimated that 200 new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. [2] However, in light of recent advances in our molecular ...

  5. Hepatitis C virus - Wikipedia

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    The hepatitis C virus ( HCV) [3] is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. The hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C and some cancers such as liver cancer ( hepatocellular carcinoma, abbreviated HCC) and lymphomas in humans. [4] [5]

  6. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization - Wikipedia

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    Interventional radiology. [ edit on Wikidata] Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a minimally invasive procedure performed in interventional radiology to restrict a tumor 's blood supply. Small embolic particles coated with chemotherapeutic drugs are injected selectively through a catheter into an artery directly supplying the tumor.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    human anti-chimeric antibody. HACE. High-altitude cerebral edema. HACEK. acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children. HAD. HIV-associated dementia. HADS. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

  8. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This list uses significant capitalization for headwords (the abbreviations) and their expansions. [4] EG abb. EG full name. Other. (ver change, need to know...etc.) ABG. arterial blood gas. ACE.

  9. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).