Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for the third most common cancer related deaths worldwide and is the most common primary liver cancer seen in adults. Age adjusted incidence rate of HCC in India for women 1.2 to 2.2 and for men ranges from 4 to 7.5 and per 100,000 population per year while the female:male ratio for HCC in India is 1:4 and the age of presentation varies from 40 to 70 years. 90 % of the time HCC develops in cirrhotics due to chronic viral infections like Hepatitis B and C, alcoholism, metabolic causes like hemochromatosis, wilsons disease and non alcoholic…