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Diagnosis, staging and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Autores: França,A.V.C.; Elias Junior,J.; Lima,B.L.G.; Martinelli,A.L.C.; Carrilho,F.J.
Hepatocellular carcinomas are aggressive tumors with a high dissemination power. An early diagnosis of these tumors is of great importance in order to offer the possibility of curative treatment. For an early diagnosis, abdominal ultrasound and serum alpha-fetoprotein determinations at 6-month intervals are suggested for all patients with cirrhosis of the liver, since this disease is considered to be the main risk factor for the development of the neoplasia. Helicoidal computed tomography, magnetic resonance and/or hepatic arteriography are suggested for diagnostic confirmation and tumor staging. The need to obtain a fragment of the focal lesion for cytology and/or histology for a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma depends on the inability of imaging...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor diagnosis; Tumor staging; Carcinoma therapy; Liver cirrhosis; Barcelona Classification.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001100015