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HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carcinoma of the liver

Synonyms:

hepatocarcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatoma; malignant hepatoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hepatocellular carcinoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

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This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, plasma cell myeloma and medulloblastoma.

(MIR19B1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular carcinoma and medulloblastoma.

(MIR92A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and medulloblastoma.

(MIR92A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and meduloblastoma.

(MIR92A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of hepatocellular carcinoma, characterized by the presence of malignant cells which show marked variation in their size and shape.

(Pleomorphic Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR224 RNA, plays a role in development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

(MIR224 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and breast cancer.

(MIR200B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, medulloblastoma and multiple myeloma.

(MIR19B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and T-cell leukemia.

(MIR19B2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and T-cell leukemia.

(MIR19B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)