Dr. Jun Discusses Cyptogenic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Tomi Jun, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses cryptogenic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Although viral liver diseases are seen as the predominant risk factor of HCC, Jun says, there is a population of patients with cryptogenic HCC—mostly those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Although patients with cryptogenic HCC show less cirrhosis than HCC caused by viral diseases such as hepatitis B and C, the rate of long-term survival is worse.