title: [Hepatocellular carcinoma. Part 1. General considerations and diagnosis].
abstract: Several aspects are revised on the subject hepatocellular carcinoma related to its incidence/prevalence, risk and prognostic factors, cellular proliferation, pathological aspects, progression of chronic hepatitis B and C to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, natural course of hepatocellular carcinoma, some clinical data, morphological diagnosis with special emphasis on radiological findings as ultrasound, dynamic computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, color-power Doppler, tissue and contrast harmonic.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Conte
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors