[Hepatocellular carcinoma, from monitoring to treatment]
Renato Micelli Lupinacci1, Fabrice Menegaux2, Christophe Tresallet2
1Service de chirurgie générale, viscérale et endocrinienne, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Boulevard de I'hôpital, Paris 75013, France. rmlupinacci@gmail.com
Soins; La Revue De Reference Infirmiere
|January 14, 2014
Abstract:
Infection through the hepatitis B or C virus constitutes a major public health issue. The diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, one of the major complications of this infection, is sometimes late as it can develop unnoticed for some time.
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