Abstract

CRITICAL REVIEW OF INVESTIGATIONS W.S.R HEPATOCELULAR CARCINOMA

Swathi*, Naveen Chandra N. H. and Nagaraj S.

Abstract

Hepatocellular Carcinoma is the most common type of liver cancer and constitutes 90% of cancers of liver globally. It is the 5th common cause of cancers effecting human, common in men than in women. There are multiple factors involved in the etiology of HCC, all of which may have direct or indirect impact on patient characteristics. Despite the advancement in science causative agent can often be unidentified. The clinical understanding of Hepatocellular carcinoma requires a review of disease proper with the available investigations. As there are still many gaps in current understanding of HCC, need of the hour are further efforts to elucidate the diverse mechanisms involved in the etiopathogenesis of Hepatocelular Carcinoma. Hence the present study is aimed at better understanding of laboratory parameters of Hepatocellular carcinoma for precise diagnosis and prognosis of the disease in early stage so that the patient is benefited with appropriate measures.

Keywords: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Haemoglobin, Platelet, LFT, Serum Biomarkers, Imaging, Biopsy.