Hepatocellular carcinoma: Difference between revisions

Compared to other [[cancer]]s, HCC is quite a rare tumor in the [[United States]]. In countries where hepatitis is not [[Endemic (epidemiology)|endemic]],liver cancer are not primary but [[metastasis]] (spread) of cancer from elsewhere in the body, e.g., [[colorectal cancer|the colon]]. Treatment options of HCC and prognosis are dependent on many factors but especially on [[tumor]] size and [[staging (pathology)|staging]]. Tumor grade is also important. High-grade tumors will have a poor prognosis, while low-grade tumors may go unnoticed for many years, as is the case in many other organs, such as the breast, where a [[ductal carcinoma in situ]] (or a [[lobular carcinoma in situ]]) may be present without any clinical signs and without correlate on routine imaging tests, although in some occasions it may be detected on more specialized imaging studies like MR mammography.