An understanding of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults

Dr. Prakash Galani

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

An understanding of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults

Dr. Prakash Galani

Abstract :

 Some cancers begin in the cells of the liver itself – this is called primary liver cancer. More commonly, cancers start in cells in other organs of the body but then spread to the liver – this is called secondary liver cancer. Your doctor may use the term ‘liver metastasis’ (which is another way of saying that cancer has spread to the liver). It is possible for several cancer deposits (metastases) to occur in the liver. There is more than one sort of primary liver cancer. One such type starts within the cells, which make up most of the liver tissue – this is known as a hepatoma, or sometimes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC for short). This is the most common type of primary liver cancer. Another type begins in the cells, which line the tubes (or ducts) that carry the bile out of the liver – this bile duct cancer is known as a cholangiocarcinoma.