Hepatocellular carcinoma: current approaches to diagnosis and management

Intern Med J. 2002 Aug;32(8):394-400. doi: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00227.x.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma, frequently associated with chronic viral hepatitis, is the fourth most common cancer worldwide. The incidence in Western countries is rising rapidly. Recent developments in diagnostic imaging allow for identification of small lesions amenable to curative therapy. Effective therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma remains a major clinical problem.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiography / methods
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / methods
  • Ethanol / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Hepatectomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intralesional
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / mortality
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • New South Wales
  • Survival Analysis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Ethanol