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Hepatoma: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary malignancy of the liver. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hepatoma is available below.
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Prognosis for Hepatoma: Overall prognosis for survival depends on the extent of cirrhosis and tumor stage, which then determine the appropriate treatment. Patients able to undergo a curative resection have a median survival of as long as 4 years; patients who present when they are too ill to be treated have a median survival of 3 months.
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Relatively uncommon malignant hepatic tumor; usually arises in cirrhotic liver; predominately affects males. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Carcinoma of the liver - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Hepatoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hepatoma, or a subtype of Hepatoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Hepatoma as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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