Primary Liver CancerEtiological and Progression Factors
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: May 17, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780849349133
Subjects: Hepatology; Medical microbiology & virology; Oncology; Liver Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Cancer; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Gastroenterology; Medical / Oncology; Etiology; Cancer; Cancer invasiveness; Liver
First sentence: Since the early 1970s the clinical observation that a substantial percentage of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), particularly those with chronic HBV infection, have elevated serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), has led to the implementation of screening programs to identify early resectable lesions.