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ID Design 2012/DOOEL Skopje

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.111
eISSN: 1857-9655

Review Article

 

 

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment


 

Dafina Janevska1, Viktorija Chaloska-Ivanova1, Vlado Janevski2

1University Clinic of Gastroenterohepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 2University Clinic of Abdominal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

 

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most often primary cancer of the liver and is one if the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The incidence of HCC has geographic distribution with the highest levels in countries with developing economies. Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma have poor prognosis despite the achievements in surgery techniques and other therapeutic procedures and it is a reason why continuous attention should be paid to this issue.

This article provides an overview of this disease based on an extensive review of relevant literature. The article summarizes the current risk factors, diagnosis, staging and the management of HCC.
 

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Citation: Janevska D, Chaloska-Ivanova V, Janevski V. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment. OA Maced J Med Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.111
Key words: hepatocellular carcinoma; risk factors; diagnosis; management; review article.
*Correspondence: Dr. Dafina Janevska. University Clinic of Gastroenterohepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia E-mail: dafina.janevska@gmail.com
Received: 20-Oct-2015; Revised: 23-Oct-2015; Accepted: 27-Oct-2015; Online first: 29-Oct-2015
Copyright: © 2015 Dafina Janevska, Viktorija Chaloska-Ivanova, Vlado Janevski.  This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
 

 

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