Hepatocellular carcinoma: current approaches to diagnosis and management

G W McCaughan; D J Koorey; S I Strasser

doi:10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00227.x

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.

Authors

G W McCaughan¹, D J Koorey, S I Strasser

Affiliation

¹ AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 12162396
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