Foreword. Preface. 1. The background to hepatocellular carcinoma and the liver. 2. Premalignant lesions of hepatocellular carcinoma. 3. Pathomorphologic characteristics of early-stage small hepatocellular carcinoma. 4. Morphologic evolution of hepatocellular carcinoma: from early to advanced. 5. Angioarchitecture of hepatocellular carcinoma. 6. Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. 7. Multicentric occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. 8. Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. 9. Nodular lesions mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma. 10. Biopsy diagnosis of tumorous lesions of the liver. 11. Chemoprevention of hepatocellular carcinoma. Index