Department of Urology, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, UK
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Contrast-Enhanced Imaging Characteristics of Steatohepatitic Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Clinicopathological Investigation
Author(s): Xuhao Song*
With 906,000 newly diagnosed cases worldwide in 2020, hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most common malignant tumour and the third
leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The prevalence of HCC varies by ethnicity, with the majority of patients suffering from chronic infections
of the hepatitis B and C viruses, metabolic-dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, or alcoholic steatohepatitis. MAFLD, formerly known as
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is characterised histologically by hepatocyte steatosis, steatohepatitis, Mallory's body, and fibrosis. MAFLD
currently affects 30% of the global population, despite the fact that only 5% of patients will progress to MAFLD-related fibrosis or HCC. Although
chronic HBV infection remains a major cause of HCC in China, MAFLD-related primary liver cancer has increased... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2157-7099.2023.14.682
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