Hepatocellular carcinoma

Japanese: hepatocellular carcinoma（英語表記）hepatocellularcarcinoma

…Generally, it means a carcinoma that originates in the liver (primary liver cancer), and is distinguished from metastatic liver cancer, which is cancer of other organs that has metastasized to the liver. Primary liver cancer is broadly divided into hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, pathologically and clinically. In addition, hepatoblastoma, which is seen in infants, is a special type of primary malignant tumor. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "hepatocellular carcinoma" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般には肝臓に原発する癌腫(原発性肝癌)を意味し，他臓器の癌が肝臓へ転移した転移性肝癌とは区別される。原発性肝癌は病理および臨床的に肝細胞癌hepatocellular carcinomaと胆管細胞癌cholangio carcinomaに大別される。また，特殊な原発性悪性腫瘍として乳幼児にみられる肝細胞芽腫hepatoblastomaがある。…

※「hepatocellular carcinoma」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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