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Mass survey of hepatocellular carcinoma by ultrasound

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Primary Liver Cancer in Japan

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rather rare in the Western Hemisphere and in Europe, however, it is far more prevalent in the Orient and Africa and is indeed one of the most common causes of cancer death in these areas [1–3].

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  1. Department of Ultrasound and Medical Electronics, Sapporo Medical College Sapporo, 060, Japan

    Kenichiro Hirata & Morimichi Fukuda

  2. Kin-ikyo Hospital Sapporo, 060, Japan

    Satoaki Mima

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. 1st Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54-Shogoin Kawara-cho, 606, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Takayoshi Tobe M. D. (Chairman and Professor) (Chairman and Professor)

  2. The First Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 105, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruo Kameda

  3. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 228, Sagamihara, Japan

    Masahiko Okudaira

  4. First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, 280, Chiba, Japan

    Masao Ohto

  5. Sanraku Hospital, 2-5 Kanda Surugadai, 101, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuo Endo

  6. The Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Nishikagura 4-5, 078, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

    Michio Mito

  7. The First Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 663, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

    Eizo Okamoto

  8. Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 830, Kurume, Japan

    Kyuichi Tanikawa

  9. First Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 830, Fukuoka, Japan

    Masamichi Kojiro

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Hirata, K., Fukuda, M., Mima, S. (1992). Mass survey of hepatocellular carcinoma by ultrasound. In: Tobe, T., et al. Primary Liver Cancer in Japan. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68177-9_19

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