Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Uncommon Metastasis in the Orbit.

ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the most common type of primary cancer of the liver and is associated with poor prognosis. It is the most common cause of death in cirrhotic patients and in different studies was shown as the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Each year, approximately half a million people are diagnosed with HCC. In recent decades, the prognosis of patients with HCC has improved because more cases are diagnosed and treated at early stages; high-risk patients (i.e., with chronic HBV or HCV infection) are followed more often for the possibility of HCC, and novel treatment options such as locoregional therapy are used with better overall results. The extrahepatic metastases represent a poor prognostic factor. The most common sites of metastasi

SUBMITTER: Protopapa MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061109 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature