HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatocellular carcinoma mean? 

• HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (noun)
  The noun HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA has 1 sense:

1. carcinoma of the liver

  Familiarity information: HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carcinoma of the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatocarcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatoma; malignant hepatoma

Hypernyms ("hepatocellular carcinoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

(MIR122 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

(MIR122 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma as well as T-cell leukemia.

(MIR130B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

(MIR16-2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include hepatocellular adenoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and cholangiocarcinoma.

(Hepatobiliary Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A hepatocellular carcinoma that develops following hepatitis virus exposure and injury of the liver parenchyma.

(Hepatitis Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a malignant glandular epithelial infiltrate that resembles hepatocellular carcinoma.

(Gallbladder Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The gene is expressed at elevated levels in the liver after viral infection and during hepatocellular carcinoma.

(GOLM1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of adenocarcinoma are ductal and lobular breast carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), colon adenocarcinoma, and prostate adenocarcinoma.

(Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of both hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

(MIR16-2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)