RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Vinall, Maria
T1 Use of Molecular Biology for Identifying Benign Hepatocellular Tumors Leads to More Personalized Medicine
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 48
SP 6
OP 8
DO 10.1177/155989771448002
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/48/6.abstract
AB Benign hepatocellular adenomas are not a uniform liver disease but include different types of tumors, which can be classified as hemangioma (nonepithelial), focal nodular hyperplasia, and hepatocellular adenoma, the latter 2 being epithelial tumors. This article discusses how insights from molecular biology have profoundly changed our clinical understanding of benign liver tumors and how using the genotype-phenotype classification of these tumors can identify new etiologies, as well as diagnostic and prognostic features of this disease.