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Preferred term

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Adult Liver Cancer
  • Adult Liver Cancers
  • Cancer, Adult Liver
  • Cancers, Adult Liver
  • Carcinoma, Liver Cell
  • Carcinomas, Liver Cell
  • Cell Carcinoma, Liver
  • Cell Carcinomas, Liver
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Hepatoma
  • Hepatomas
  • Liver Cancer, Adult
  • Liver Cancers, Adult
  • Liver Cell Carcinoma
  • Liver Cell Carcinoma, Adult
  • Liver Cell Carcinomas

Note

  • human and vet only: note entry term HEPATOMA: also available is HEPATOMA, EXPERIMENTAL see LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL for exper anim; coord IM with LIVER NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • A primary malignant neoplasm of epithelial liver cells. It ranges from a well-differentiated tumor with EPITHELIAL CELLS indistinguishable from normal HEPATOCYTES to a poorly differentiated neoplasm. The cells may be uniform or markedly pleomorphic, or form GIANT CELLS. Several classification schemes have been suggested.

History note

  • 94; was HEPATOMA 1963-93; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR was see HEPATOMA 1991-93

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • carcinoma hepatocellulare
  • HCC
  • hepatocellular carcinoma
  • hepatoma malignum
  • hepatooma
  • hepatosellulaarinen karsinooma
  • levercellskarcinom
  • maksan parenkyymisolujen karsinooma
  • maksasolusyöpä
  • malign tumör i hepatocellulär cancer
  • pahanlaatuinen hepatooma
  • Swedish

  • Hepatocellulärt karcinom
  • Hepatom
  • Karcinom, hepatocellulärt
  • Levercellscancer

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006528

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