State of the art in magnetic resonance imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer mortality. Chronic liver disease caused by viral infection, alcohol abuse, or other factors can lead to cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is the most important clinical risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) whereby the normal hepatic architecture is replaced by fibrous septa and a spectrum of nodules ranging from benign regenerative nodules to HCC, each one of them with different imaging features.

Keywords

• hepatocellular carcinoma
• hepatic nodule
• liver
• cirrhosis
• magnetic
• resonance imaging