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carcinoma
(redirected from hepatocellular carcinoma)

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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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carcinoma Pathol
1. any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
2. another name for cancer

carcinoma [‚kärs·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A malignant epithelial tumor.


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Respectively, DSP will grant BMKK with co-marketing rights of SM-11355 (generic name: miriplatin hydrate), a therapeutic drug for hepatocellular carcinoma.
1) Hepatitis C is the leading cause in Japan of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, which is associated with more than 30,000 deaths there annually.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is common worldwide but relatively rare in the United States, where only 13,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
 
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