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Hepatocellular carcinoma

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 2, Article number: 16019 (2016) Cite this article

Common risk factors for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) include cirrhosis, excessive alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis. This PrimeView highlights the management of HCC, for which there is only one systemic therapy and front-line treatment remains liver transplantation.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2, 16019 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.19

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