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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Also called malignant hepatoma, is the most common type of liver cancer. Most cases of HCC are as a result of either a viral hepatitis infection (hepatitis B or C), metabolic toxins such as alcohol or aflatoxin, conditions like hemochromatosis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency or NASH.
Symptoms:
- Abdominal pain or tenderness, especially in the upper-right part.
- Easy bruising or bleeding.
- Enlarged abdomen.
- Yellow skin or eyes (jaundice)
- Unexplained weight loss.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Gastroenterologist appointment
- Oncologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Bilirubin
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Prothrombin ratio (PR) / International normalized ratio (INR)
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
Doctors
Dermatovenerologist, oncologist
Gastroenterologist
