| MeSH | Disease Ontology |
Disease ID: | D006528 | DOID:684 |
Disease Name: | Carcinoma, Hepatocellular | hepatocellular carcinoma |
Category: | MeSH | Disease Ontology |
Type: | Neoplasms//Digestive System Diseases | disease of anatomical entity//disease of cellular proliferation |
Define: | A primary malignant neoplasm of epithelial liver cells. It ranges from a well-differentiated tumor with EPITHELIAL CELLS indistinguishable from normal HEPATOCYTES to a poorly differentiated neoplasm. The cells may be uniform or markedly pleomorphic, or form GIANT CELLS. Several classification schemes have been suggested. | A liver carcinoma that has_material_basis_in undifferentiated hepatocytes and located_in the liver. |
Alias: | Hepatocellular Carcinoma//Hepatoma//Liver Cancer, Adult//Liver Cell Carcinoma//Liver Cell Carcinoma, Adult | Hepatoma |