Document Type : Research Article
Abstract
Primary liver carcinomas are of two main types - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). HCC originates from hepatocytes while ICC originates from bile ducts. HCC is the 5th most common carcinoma in the world and third most common death causing cancer but the most common cause of death in a patient with cirrhosis. In comparison to women, men are at risk to have HCC. HCC accounts for more than 80% of primary liver cancer cases worldwide (El-Serag & Rudolph, 2007). In USA five-year survival rate as per 2020 data on National Cancer Institute’s SEER database is 19.6 percent which can be further reduced to 2.5 % depending upon the severity of the disease
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