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Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Carcinoma
Definition 1
A carcinoma that arises from the hepatocytes or intrahepatic bile ducts. The main subtypes are hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma) and cholangiocarcinoma. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Primary liver cancer is cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary liver cancer is cancer that spreads to the liver from another part of the body. (NCI Dictionary)
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