hepatoma
Primary liver cancer
Hepatoma is a tumor of the liver, most commonly hepatocellular carcinoma—a cancer originating in the liver's main cells.
The term appears in medical contexts: The CT scan revealed a hepatoma in the right lobe.
Hepatomas may be benign or malignant, though the word typically implies cancer when used without qualification.
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- hepatocyteFunctional liver cell
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- hepatomegalyPathological liver enlargement
hepatectomy · ascites · jaundice · bilirubin · albumin · liver transplant · portal vein · regeneration
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
- chronic infectionProlonged pathogenic colonization
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
Harmfully invasive, often fatal
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologistPhysician specializing in tumors
immunotherapy · biopsy · prognosis · staging · remission · relapse · palliative · survival
Abnormal tissue mass
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
biopsy · histology · cytology · differentiation · nodule · lesion · mass · angiogenesis
liver
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- hepatocyteFunctional liver cell
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
hepatomegaly · hepatectomy · ascites · jaundice · bilirubin · albumin · liver transplant · portal vein · regeneration
cirrhosis
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
- chronic infectionProlonged pathogenic colonization
malignant
Harmfully invasive, often fatal
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
oncologist · immunotherapy · biopsy · prognosis · staging · remission · relapse · palliative · survival · tumor markers
neoplasm
Abnormal tissue mass
malignancy · biopsy · histology · cytology · differentiation · nodule · lesion · mass · angiogenesis · encapsulated
- liverliver, bile, cirrhosis, hepatocyte, jaundice
- Liver Diseasescirrhosis, fatty liver, liver failure, liver cancer, liver cirrhosis
- Organ Diseasesheart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease, brain disease
- digestive cancersstomach cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer
- Liver Tumorsliver cancer
- growthsgrowth, growths, tumor, tumors, tumour