Abstract:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary malignancy of the liver with a high mortality rate. Heterogeneity is the main biological characteristic of HCC, which manifests through the different biological behaviors of each phenotype and ultimately, affects patient prognosis and treatment efficacy. Various aggressive biological behaviors are considered to be associated with the poor prognosis of HCC patients including poor differentiation, microvascular invasion, intracellular fat accumulation, invasive growth,… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.