UPMC Liver Cancer Center

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) are also known as primary liver cancers, hepatic tumors, or hepatomas.

HCC develops in the liver and affects 4,000 to 6,000 people in the United States each year.

Conditions or diseases associated with HCC include:

Approximately 30 percent of people with HCC show no evidence of an associated condition or disease.


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