adult hepatocellular carcinoma
MONDO:0016216Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names adult hepatocellular carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Adult hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver cancer of adulthood. Derived from well-differentiated hepatocytes, it often develops from chronic liver cirrhosis which is most often due to hepatitis B and C virus or alcohol abuse. Symptoms are hepatic mass, abdominal pain and, in advanced stages, jaundice, cachexia and liver failure.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016216), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: adult hepatocellular carcinoma
- Also called
- adult HCCadult hepatomaadult primary carcinoma of liver celladult primary carcinoma of the liver celladult primary hepatocellular carcinomaadult primary hepatomaadult primary liver cell carcinomahepatocellular carcinoma of adults