What does hcc mean?

HCC is generally referred to as hepatocellular carcinoma in medicine, which is a malignant tumor originating from the liver. The cause of the disease is not yet clear, and it may be related to cirrhosis, viral infection and so on. Hepatocellular hepatocellular carcinoma is a malignant tumor that occurs in hepatocytes or intrahepatic bile duct cells. The cause of the disease is not yet completely clear, and it may be caused by the synergistic effect of multiple factors, among which cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, and other diseases will increase the chance of suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatocellular liver cancer starts insidiously and usually does not show symptoms in the early stage, but as the disease develops, patients will experience pain in the liver area, accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal distension and so on. In case of hepatocellular liver cancer, surgical resection should be performed at the early stage of the disease, and after surgery, radiotherapy and targeted therapy should be combined to improve the curative effect. Avoid delaying the disease and affecting the prognosis.