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Metastatic Liver Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1670599
•Concept ID:
C0856554
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A carcinoma that arises from the liver and has spread to another anatomic site. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Features of differential cytological diagnosis of primary and metastatic liver carcinoma.
Smetanina SV, Slavnova EN, Smetanina OV, Golovin ST, Eremin NV
Klin Lab Diagn 2021 Jun 7;66(6):364-370. doi: 10.51620/0869-2084-2021-66-6-364-370. PMID: 34105913
Malignant biliary strictures. Diagnosis and management.
Al-Mofleh IA, Al-Rashed RS, Al-Amri SM, Al-Ghamdi AS, Al-Faleh FZ, Al-Freihi HM, Isnani AC
Saudi Med J 2003 Dec;24(12):1360-3. PMID: 14710284
Hepatic arterial chemotherapy and occlusion for palliation of primary hepatocellular and unknown primary neoplasms in the liver.
Patt YZ, Chuang VP, Wallace S, Benjamin RS, Fuqua R, Mavligit GM
Cancer 1983 Apr 15;51(8):1359-63. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19830415)51:8<1359::aid-cncr2820510807>3.0.co;2-v. PMID: 6186357

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Predictors of intraoperative blood loss in patients undergoing hepatectomy.
Nanashima A, Abo T, Hamasaki K, Wakata K, Kunizaki M, Tou K, Takeshita H, Hidaka S, Sawai T, Tsuchiya T, Nagayasu T
Surg Today 2013 May;43(5):485-93. Epub 2012 Oct 20 doi: 10.1007/s00595-012-0374-7. PMID: 23085968
Value of general surgical risk models for predicting postoperative liver failure and mortality following liver surgery.
Haga Y, Ikejiri K, Takeuchi H, Ikenaga M, Wada Y
J Surg Oncol 2012 Dec;106(7):898-904. Epub 2012 May 17 doi: 10.1002/jso.23160. PMID: 22605669
Total laparoscopic liver resection in 78 patients.
Zhang L, Chen YJ, Shang CZ, Zhang HW, Huang ZJ
World J Gastroenterol 2009 Dec 7;15(45):5727-31. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5727. PMID: 19960572Free PMC Article
Regional yttrium-90 microsphere treatment of surgically unresectable and chemotherapy-refractory metastatic liver carcinoma.
Wong CY, Savin M, Sherpa KM, Qing F, Campbell J, Gates VL, Lewandowski RJ, Cheng V, Thie J, Fink-Bennett D, Nagle C, Salem R
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2006 Aug;21(4):305-13. doi: 10.1089/cbr.2006.21.305. PMID: 16999596
Helicobacter spp. and liver diseases.
Coppola N, De Stefano G, Marrocco C, Scarano F, Scolastico C, Tarantino L, Rossi G, Battaglia M, Onofrio M, D'Aniello F, Pisapia R, Sagnelli C, Sagnelli E, Piccinino F, Giorgio A, Filippini P
Infez Med 2003 Dec;11(4):201-7. PMID: 14988668

Diagnosis

Features of differential cytological diagnosis of primary and metastatic liver carcinoma.
Smetanina SV, Slavnova EN, Smetanina OV, Golovin ST, Eremin NV
Klin Lab Diagn 2021 Jun 7;66(6):364-370. doi: 10.51620/0869-2084-2021-66-6-364-370. PMID: 34105913
Value of general surgical risk models for predicting postoperative liver failure and mortality following liver surgery.
Haga Y, Ikejiri K, Takeuchi H, Ikenaga M, Wada Y
J Surg Oncol 2012 Dec;106(7):898-904. Epub 2012 May 17 doi: 10.1002/jso.23160. PMID: 22605669
Is identification of malignant lesions of the liver and of hemangiomas possible by Doppler ultrasonography and radionuclide angiography?
Stojković M, Stojković M, Artiko V, Žuvela M, Lekić N, Petrović M, Antić A, Kerkez M, Šobić D, Obradović V
Hell J Nucl Med 2011 Jan-Apr;14(1):38-42. PMID: 21512664
Malignant biliary strictures. Diagnosis and management.
Al-Mofleh IA, Al-Rashed RS, Al-Amri SM, Al-Ghamdi AS, Al-Faleh FZ, Al-Freihi HM, Isnani AC
Saudi Med J 2003 Dec;24(12):1360-3. PMID: 14710284
Preoperative evaluation of hepatic lesions for the staging of hepatocellular and metastatic liver carcinoma using endoscopic ultrasonography.
Awad SS, Fagan S, Abudayyeh S, Karim N, Berger DH, Ayub K
Am J Surg 2002 Dec;184(6):601-4; discussion 604-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9610(02)01092-9. PMID: 12488184

Therapy

Pseudo progression in heterogeneity of right-sided metastatic colon carcinoma during nivolumab therapy: A case report.
Wang J, Zhen W, Kang X
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Aug;98(32):e16490. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016490. PMID: 31393352Free PMC Article
Value of general surgical risk models for predicting postoperative liver failure and mortality following liver surgery.
Haga Y, Ikejiri K, Takeuchi H, Ikenaga M, Wada Y
J Surg Oncol 2012 Dec;106(7):898-904. Epub 2012 May 17 doi: 10.1002/jso.23160. PMID: 22605669
Is identification of malignant lesions of the liver and of hemangiomas possible by Doppler ultrasonography and radionuclide angiography?
Stojković M, Stojković M, Artiko V, Žuvela M, Lekić N, Petrović M, Antić A, Kerkez M, Šobić D, Obradović V
Hell J Nucl Med 2011 Jan-Apr;14(1):38-42. PMID: 21512664
Regional yttrium-90 microsphere treatment of surgically unresectable and chemotherapy-refractory metastatic liver carcinoma.
Wong CY, Savin M, Sherpa KM, Qing F, Campbell J, Gates VL, Lewandowski RJ, Cheng V, Thie J, Fink-Bennett D, Nagle C, Salem R
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2006 Aug;21(4):305-13. doi: 10.1089/cbr.2006.21.305. PMID: 16999596
Intrahepatic arterial infusion of combination of mitomycin-C and 5-fluorouracil in treatment of primary and metastatic liver carcinoma.
Misra NC, Jaiswal MS, Singh RV, Das B
Cancer 1977 Apr;39(4):1425-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197704)39:4<1425::aid-cncr2820390411>3.0.co;2-k. PMID: 192431

Prognosis

Establishment of metastatic liver carcinoma model by implanting AX7 cells into rabbit liver, and its histological findings.
Kim SH, Moon HH, Yoon MH
Int J Med Sci 2019;16(3):409-415. Epub 2019 Jan 29 doi: 10.7150/ijms.28998. PMID: 30911275Free PMC Article
Predictors of intraoperative blood loss in patients undergoing hepatectomy.
Nanashima A, Abo T, Hamasaki K, Wakata K, Kunizaki M, Tou K, Takeshita H, Hidaka S, Sawai T, Tsuchiya T, Nagayasu T
Surg Today 2013 May;43(5):485-93. Epub 2012 Oct 20 doi: 10.1007/s00595-012-0374-7. PMID: 23085968
Value of general surgical risk models for predicting postoperative liver failure and mortality following liver surgery.
Haga Y, Ikejiri K, Takeuchi H, Ikenaga M, Wada Y
J Surg Oncol 2012 Dec;106(7):898-904. Epub 2012 May 17 doi: 10.1002/jso.23160. PMID: 22605669
Malignant biliary strictures. Diagnosis and management.
Al-Mofleh IA, Al-Rashed RS, Al-Amri SM, Al-Ghamdi AS, Al-Faleh FZ, Al-Freihi HM, Isnani AC
Saudi Med J 2003 Dec;24(12):1360-3. PMID: 14710284
Enhanced polymorphonuclear neutrophil-mediated endothelial cell injury and its relation to high surgical mortality rate in cirrhotic patients.
Shimizu Y, Miyazaki M, Ito H, Nakagawa K, Ambiru S, Shimizu H, Nakamura S, Okuno A, Nozawa S, Nukui Y, Yoshitomi H, Nakajim N
Am J Gastroenterol 1999 Nov;94(11):3297-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01541.x. PMID: 10566733

Clinical prediction guides

Microwave ablation of hepatic malignant tumors using 1.5T MRI guidance and monitoring: feasibility and preliminary clinical experience.
Lin Z, Chen J, Yan Y, Chen J, Li Y
Int J Hyperthermia 2019;36(1):1216-1222. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2019.1690166. PMID: 31814474
Establishment of metastatic liver carcinoma model by implanting AX7 cells into rabbit liver, and its histological findings.
Kim SH, Moon HH, Yoon MH
Int J Med Sci 2019;16(3):409-415. Epub 2019 Jan 29 doi: 10.7150/ijms.28998. PMID: 30911275Free PMC Article
Predictors of intraoperative blood loss in patients undergoing hepatectomy.
Nanashima A, Abo T, Hamasaki K, Wakata K, Kunizaki M, Tou K, Takeshita H, Hidaka S, Sawai T, Tsuchiya T, Nagayasu T
Surg Today 2013 May;43(5):485-93. Epub 2012 Oct 20 doi: 10.1007/s00595-012-0374-7. PMID: 23085968
Value of general surgical risk models for predicting postoperative liver failure and mortality following liver surgery.
Haga Y, Ikejiri K, Takeuchi H, Ikenaga M, Wada Y
J Surg Oncol 2012 Dec;106(7):898-904. Epub 2012 May 17 doi: 10.1002/jso.23160. PMID: 22605669
Helicobacter spp. and liver diseases.
Coppola N, De Stefano G, Marrocco C, Scarano F, Scolastico C, Tarantino L, Rossi G, Battaglia M, Onofrio M, D'Aniello F, Pisapia R, Sagnelli C, Sagnelli E, Piccinino F, Giorgio A, Filippini P
Infez Med 2003 Dec;11(4):201-7. PMID: 14988668

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