title: Hepatocellular carcinoma: current approaches to diagnosis and management.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma, frequently associated with chronic viral hepatitis, is the fourth most common cancer worldwide. The incidence in Western countries is rising rapidly. Recent developments in diagnostic imaging allow for identification of small lesions amenable to curative therapy. Effective therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma remains a major clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. mccauG@email.cs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: McCaughan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Koorey
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Strasser
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009517:New South Wales; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol