Tag John Paul Roberts

Epidemiology and Etiology Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignancy in the world and the fastest growing cause of cancer-related death. This is in part due to endemic viral hepatitis in developing countries and the epidemic of obesity…

Cancer of a solid organ is an uncommon indication for organ transplantation, but hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an important exception to that general rule (see Chapters 89 and 105 ). HCC is the most common tumor treated with whole-organ transplantation,…