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1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
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Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Manuscript Type |
Review |
Article Title |
From diagnosis to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: An epidemic problem for both developed and developing world
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Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
All Author List |
Dimitrios Dimitroulis, Christos Damaskos, Serena Valsami, Spyridon Davakis, Nikolaos Garmpis, Eleftherios Spartalis, Antonios Athanasiou, Demetrios Moris, Stratigoula Sakellariou, Stylianos Kykalos, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Anna Garmpi, Ioanna Delladetsima, Konstantinos Kontzoglou and Gregory Kouraklis |
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Corresponding Author |
Dimitrios Dimitroulis, MD, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, “Laiko” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece. dimitroulisdimitrios@yahoo.com |
Key Words |
Hepatocellular; Cancer; Epidemiology; Treatment; Diagnosis; Staging; Transplantation |
Core Tip |
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent primary liver malignancy. It consists an epidemic problem for both developed and developing world. HCC remains a challenge to early diagnose, and treat effectively. This review article focuses on the current evidence on epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. This review will be highly educational as it describes all the current data for HCC. |
Publish Date |
2017-08-07 09:17 |
Citation |
Dimitroulis D, Damaskos C, Valsami S, Davakis S, Garmpis N, Spartalis E, Athanasiou A, Moris D, Sakellariou S, Kykalos S, Tsourouflis G, Garmpi A, Delladetsima I, Kontzoglou K, Kouraklis G. From diagnosis to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: An epidemic problem for both developed and developing world. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(29): 5282-5294 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i29/5282.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5282 |