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Light micrograph of a section through a primary carcinoma from a human liver. Healthy liver cells are normally arranged in roughly hexagonal structures called lobules. In this cancerous liver, the lobules are disintegrating, and abnormal fibrous tissue has proliferated around them. (? John Burbridge, Science Source/Photo Researchers, Inc. Reproduced by permission.)

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