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Abstract
Primary liver cancer, mostly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the sixth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide [1]. HCC develops mostly in patients with chronic liver disease, such as cirrhosis from hepatitis B and C virus infection, alcoholic abuse