Preferred Name |
hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Synonyms |
HCC hepatoma |
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Definitions |
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. [MeSH] |
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ID |
http://radlex.org/RID/RID4271 |
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Acronym |
HCC |
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Definition |
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. [MeSH] |
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label |
RID4271 |
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May_Cause | ||
Preferred_name |
hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Preferred_name_German |
Hepatozelluläres Karzinom |
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prefixIRI |
RID4271 |
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Synonym |
hepatoma |
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UMLS_ID |
C0019204 |
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subClassOf |