HCC - Hepatocellular Carcinomal

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Across
  1. 2. Risk factor associated with diabetes and obesity
  2. 3. Virus causing HCC to develop post-cirrhosis
  3. 4. Intervention for HBV introduced in 1980
  4. 7. Screening test. Also frequently elevated in chronic active hep C
  5. 8. Hereditary risk factor. HCC shows pale nodules on a dark liver
  6. 10. Macroscopic feature present in HCC in a cirrhotic liver vs HCC in a non-cirrhotic liver
  7. 11. Artery targeted in TACE (local chemo treatment. Provides 80% of HCCs blood supply
  8. 12. Common area for HCC mets
  9. 13. Liver resection is often followed by _____________
Down
  1. 1. Ethnicity with highest rates of HCC in NZ
  2. 3. Virus causing HCC to development pre-cirrhosis. Think vertical transmission.
  3. 5. Common risk factor in developed countries
  4. 6. Treatment is often ___________.
  5. 9. Organism producing aflatoxin, a risk factor for HCC. Found in food, peanuts and grain