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Primary and Secondary
Liver Cancers
Basil Tumaini, MD
MMED (Int. Med.) Resident
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
June 2017
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Headings
• Introduction
• Epidemiology
• Clinical features
• Diagnosis ± staging
• Treatment
• Prognosis
Âą Prevention
•Introduction
•Primary liver cancers
HCC
Cholangiocarcinoma
Angiosarcoma
•Secondary liver cancers
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Sub headings
Introduction
• A primary liver cancer arises from cells and/or
structures of the liver itself whereas a
secondary liver cancer spreads from other
organ to the liver
• When diagnosis is made late, as is often the
case, prognosis is poor
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Primary liver cancers
• Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma)
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Angiosarcoma
• Others: embronal sarcoma, fibrosarcoma,
rhabdomyosarcoma
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Primary liver cancers
Globally
– The 6th most frequent cancer
– The 2nd leading cause of cancer death
– In 2012, diagnosed in 782,000 people, caused
746,000 deaths
In US
– Five-year survival rates are 17%
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http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/worldwide-data
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Arises from parenchymal cells (hepatocytes)
• Heterogeneous geographical distribution
• Prevalence is much higher in developing
countries (high prevalence of HBV infection,
aflatoxin B1 contamination of foods,
hepatotoxic drugs)
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Four times commoner in blacks
• More in rural areas
• Sex distribution, M:F ~ 2-6:1 (androgenic
trophic effect, hepatitis/exposure variation)
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PROVEN PROBABLE POSSIBLE
Cirrhosis Alcohol Schistosomiasis
Hepatitis B, C Tobacco Hormonal factor
Aflatoxins Diabetes
Porphyria disease Obesity
Haemachromatosis
Nonalcoholic
steatohepatitis
(NASH)
Deficit of alfa-1
antitrypsin
Risk factors
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• Cirrhosis of almost any cause, appearing 20-30
years after the initial insult
• 85% of Pts with HCC in the West have cirrhosis
• 3% with cirrhosis develop HCC annually
• The cause is hepatitis B in 39% of cases,
hepatitis C in 27% and alcoholism in 37%
• 25% of afflicted individuals have no risk
factors for the development of cirrhosis
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Epidemiological Study of Carcinoma of
Liver in Dodoma Region
• In Dodoma Region, the populace consumes
large numbers of ground nuts which are
believed to predispose to liver cancer
• Of 939 clinically diagnosed malignancies in the
Region during 1972-1976, 256 (27 percent)
were hepatocellular carcinomas [P.R. Hiza]
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In retrospective study of histopathologically confirmed cases of
hepatocellular carcinoma seen at Bugando Medical Center
between March 2009 and February 2013
• Seventy-four (52.1%) patients stated a history
of ingestion of foods stored in humid
conditions (a likely suspected source of aflatoxin B1
exposure)
• Eighty-five (59.9%) patients had a past history
of jaundice
• 32 (22.5%) had scarification marks
15
Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
In retrospective study of histopathologically confirmed cases of
hepatocellular carcinoma seen at Bugando Medical Center
between March 2009 and February 2013
• The use of traditional herbal concoctions was
documented in 82 (57.7%) patients
• A history of heavy alcohol consumption was
reported in 86 (60.6%) patients
• A past blood transfusion was documented in 28
(19.7%) patients
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Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
17
Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
18
Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
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Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
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Treatment modalities
• All of the patients (100%) received supportive
therapy only because of the advanced nature
of the disease
• No patients received any curative treatment
such as liver transplantation, percutaneous
ethanol ablation, or radio frequency ablation
due to the lack of these treatment modalities
in our setting and due the advanced nature of
the disease at presentation
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Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular
carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource-
limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
Diagnosis
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Investigations
• USS/Helical CT scan/MRI
• Hepatic arteriography
• Tumor markers: AFP, other markers
• Histopathology
• LFTs + liver enzymes: serum albumin, bilirubin
T+D, AST, ALT, ALP
• CBC:
• HBsAg, HCV Ab
• Ascitic fluid analysis
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Ultrasound
 Used to assess tumor size, vascular invasion and
the existence of hilar adenopathies
 Sensitivity for tumors ˂ 1 cm is about 42%
reaching 95% for tumors of larger size .
 The combination of Doppler with US can be useful
for the identification of portal thrombosis in
patients with HCC, with 89 to 92% sensitivity and
100% specificity in the identification of tumor
thrombosis
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Helicoidal/Spiral CT
 Suspicion of HCC by US in a patient with cirrhosis.
 The sensitivity of CT for the diagnosis of HCC is
similar to that of US
 Diagnostic efficacy depends on technical factors,
mainly the injection of contrast, and on factors
inherent to the tumor, the most tumor size and
vascularity
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Helicoidal/Spiral CT
 CT should be performed by the spiral (or helicoidal)
technique with intravenous injection of contrast and
images should be obtained in the basal, arterial,
portal, and equilibrium phases
 Early arterial enhancement and delayed washout
(less enhancement than the rest of the liver) in the
venous or delayed phase of tri-phasic
multidetectorCT (the three phases are arterial,
venous, and delayed)
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MRI
 MR has been used to obtain a better
characterization of hepatic lesions suggestive of
HCC and also for their differentiation from benign
lesions
 Sensitivity depends on tumor size
(eg for tumor ˂ 2cm =30% and tumors ˃2cm is
about 95%)
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Hepatic arteriography
 The diagnostic efficacy of hepatic arteriography
depends on tumor size and on the extent of tumor
vascularization
 Small tumors tend to be well differentiated and
consequently present low vascularization, thus
being difficult to detect by this technique.
 For tumors smaller than 5 cm, HA has 82 to 93%
diagnostic sensitivity, 73% specificity and 89%
diagnostic accuracy
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Tumor Markers: Alpha-1 fetoprotein
• Progressively increasing AFP concentrations
during screening are suggestive of HCC
• Considered to be diagnostic (400-500 ng/ml)
• 29% of patients with HCC may present serum
AFP levels within normal limits
• At the time of tumor diagnosis, AFP seems to
be of prognostic value
• Increase in pregnancy, chronic and other
regenerative liver disease
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Cytology and/or histology
• Histopathological examination is the main
method for a sure diagnosis of HCC.
• FNAB is a safe technique with minimal risks of
complications and provides adequate material
when performed by trained personnel
• Diagnostic accuracy may vary from 60 to 90%
• The specificity and positive predictive value of
this technique are higher than 90%,
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• Indications of Image-guided biopsy:
–Focal hepatic masses with atypical imaging
features
–Discrepant findings on CT and MRI
–Lesions detected in the absence of cirrhosis
• The risk of tumor seeding along the needle
track after biopsy in patients with suspected
hepatocellular carcinoma is low (2.7%)
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Diagnosis of HCC according to the Barcelona-2000 Conference of
the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
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Treatment
Stage-guided treatment
The choice of treatment
Cancer stage
Resources available
The level of practitioner expertise
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Staging
• To determine the prognosis of the disease and
best therapeutic method
– Okuda
– TNM
– Barcelona Clinic of Liver Cancer (BCLC)
– French Classification
– Cancer of the Liver Italian Program
• BCLC is the only classification which correlates
prognostic data with treatment possibilities
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Okuda 1= 11.5 months, Okuda 2 = 3 months, Okuda 3= 0.9 month
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BCL
C
Performance
Status
Tumor Features Liver Fn Treatment option
A1 0 Single <5cm No PH Surgery/RFA
A2 0 Single <5cm PH, Bil
Normal
Surgery/RFA/
Transplant
A3 0 Single <5cm PH,
Abnormal
Bilirubin
RFA/Transplant
A4 0 3 tumors <3cm N/A Transplant/TACE
B 0 Large
multinodular
CP A-B TACE
C 1-2 Vascular
Invasion/Mets
CP A-B Sorafenib
D 3-4 Any CP C Supportive
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7 stages (0-6) Stage 0=35 months, 2 =8months and 4-6 =3 months
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Treatment
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HCC – Treatment: Surgical Resection
• Surgical resection is the treatment of choice in patients
without cirrhosis who are in the very early stage
• For patients with cirrhosis, resection produces the best
results when the tumor is small (<5 cm in diameter), portal
hypertension (a hepatic venous pressure gradient >10 mm
Hg) is absent, and the total bilirubin level is normal (≤1 mg
per deciliter [≤17.1 μmol per liter])*
• The 5-year risk of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma
after resection is as high as 70%*
• In the United States, less than 5% of patients are candidates
for hepatic resection, associated with an overall survival rate
of 90%
Llovet JM, Schwartz M, Mazzaferro V.
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Surgical Resection
• Surgical resection should be considered for patients with
solitary tumors and no portal hypertension
• However, the most appropriate treatment for patients with
early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma is liver transplantation
• Patients with HCC who meet the Milan criteria for orthotopic
liver transplantation have an expected 4-year overall survival
rate of 85% and a recurrence-free survival rate of 92%*
• If transplantation is not possible, local ablation is the next
best option
MazzaferroV, Regalia E, Doci R, et al. 50
Local Ablation
• RFA, best treatment alternative for patients with early-stage
HCC who are not eligible for surgical resection or
transplantation
• Several recent randomized trials have shown radiofrequency
ablation to be more effective than ethanol injection in
treating patients with small hepatocellular tumors (2 to 3 cm
in diameter), with lower rates of local recurrence and higher
rates of overall and disease-free survival*
• Short-term outcomes are excellent, with overall survival rates
of 100% and 98% at 1 and 2 years, respectively*
Cho YK, Kim JK, Kim MY, Rhim H, Han JK. 51
Local Ablation
• 5-year recurrence rates as high as 70%
• The results of two randomized, controlled trials
comparing radiofrequency ablation and surgical
resection showed no significant differences in
overall or recurrence-free survival; as expected,
radiofrequency ablation was associated with lower
rates of complications and hospitalization*
Chen MS, Li JQ, Zheng Y, et al.
Livraghi T, Meloni F, Di Stasi M, et al. 52
Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)
and Radioembolization
• Patients with compensated cirrhosis, but with large or
multifocal lesions but no vascular invasion are
considered to have intermediate-stage hepatocellular
carcinoma
• Improve survival among patients with preserved liver
function, who do not have extrahepatic metastases,
vascular invasion or prominent cancer-related
symptoms
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Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)
and Radioembolization
• A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials
assessing the use of arterial embolization,
chemoembolization, or both as primary palliative
treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma showed that
these procedures were associated with an improved 2-
year survival rate by 20 – 25% as compared with
conservative treatment*
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Bruix J, Sala M, Llovet JM.
Transarterial Chemoembolization and
Radioembolization
• Neoadjuvant therapy or as a means of downstaging
a patient’s condition before liver transplantation
• Modalities include:
Selective TACE
Drug - eluting Beads (DB)-TACE,
Radioembolization or
combination approaches e.g., TACE and
radiofrequency ablation gave promising results
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Transarterial Chemoembolization and
Radioembolization
• Embolization should not be performed without the use
of a chemotherapeutic agent, there are few data to
guide the choice of the chemotherapeutic agent
• In recent randomized, controlled trials, the use of a
drug-eluting bead that releases the drug in a controlled
fashion during TACE has been shown to be associated
with a reduction in both hepatic and systemic side
effects and with an increase in local tumor response*
Lammer J, Malagari K, Vogl T, et al.
Lencioni R. 58
• Radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres has
recently been used as palliative treatment for patients
with Child–Pugh class A cirrhosis and intermediate-
stage hepatocellular carcinoma
• However, there have been no controlled trials
comparing yttrium-90 radioembolization with TACE or
with other types of treatment
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Transarterial Chemoembolization and
Radioembolization
Contraindications to TACE
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Absolute contraindications
• Decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh B ≥8) including:
– Jaundice
– Clinical encephalopathy
– Refractory ascites
– Hepatorenal syndrome
• Extensive tumor with massive replacement of both
entire lobes
• Severely reduced portal vein flow
Technical contraindications to hepatic
intra-arterial treatment
• Untreatable arteriovenous fistula
• Renal insufficiency (creatinine ≥2 mg/dl or
creatinine clearance <30 ml/min)
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Relative contraindications to TACE
• Tumor size ≥10 cm
• Co-morbidities involving compromised organ
function:
– Active cardiovascular disease
– Active Lung disease
• Untreated varices at high risk of bleeding
• Bile-duct occlusion or incompetent papilla due to
stent or surgery
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Sorafenib
• Patients with mild cancer-related symptoms,
vascular invasion, or extrahepatic spread are
considered to have advanced-stage disease and
are not suitable candidates for radical therapies
• TACE has increased the survival rate among well-
selected candidates, but the primary treatment
option for patients with this stage of disease is the
oral chemotherapeutic agent sorafenib
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Llovet JM, Ricci S, Mazzaferro V, Hilgard P, Gane E, Blanc JF, de Oliveira AC, Santoro A, Raoul JL, Forner A,
Schwartz M. Sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. New England journal of medicine. 2008
Jul 24;359(4):378-90.
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• An oral multikinase inhibitor of the vascular endothelial
growth factor receptor, the platelet-derived growth factor
receptor
• Antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties
• The only approved drug for Rx HCC BCLC –C stage
• 37% increase in overall survival as compared to placebo,
in patients with advanced HCC and compensated
cirrhosis*
Llovet JM, Ricci S, Mazzaferro V, et al.
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Sorafenib
Indications
Pts unsuitable to TACE
Pts in whom TACE resulted in unacceptable toxicity
* Combination studies underway
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Sorafenib
• Rash on the hands and feet
• Diarrhea
• Fatigue
• Other small molecules, brivanid, and erlotinib, and
monoclonal antibodies, bevacizumab and
cetuximab, are being studied
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Sorafenib SEs
• Rash on the hands and feet
• Diarrhea
• Fatigue
 Other small molecules, brivanid, and erlotinib, and
monoclonal antibodies, bevacizumab and
cetuximab, are being studied
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Sorafenib SEs
Supportive treatment
• Patients with terminal-stage disease present
with cancer symptoms related to liver failure,
vascular involvement, or extrahepatic spread
• The 1-year survival rate for such patients is
less than 10%, and they do not benefit from
the treatments mentioned above
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Recurrence
• Cancer recurrence, generally in the hepatic
remnant, occurs in 70% to 100% of cases after
resection
• Accounts for the cause of death in 82.5% of
the patients while only 9% of deaths were due
to hepatic failure.
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Recommendations: AASLD
• USS of the liver combined with measurement of serum
AFP levels every 6 to 12 months as surveillance for
HCC in patients with cirrhosis or advanced hepatic
fibrosis, irrespective of the cause
• Both are also useful in surveillance of HBV carriers
with or without cirrhosis if they are Africans older
than 20 years of age or Asians older than 40 years of
age or if they have a family history of HCC
• HCC is rare in HCV-infected patients with mild or no
hepatic fibrosis, surveillance is not recommended for
this group
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Prevention
• In 2002, Tanzania introduced mandatory immunization of
Hepatitis B to all children under EPI
• Tanzania is an endemic area for viral hepatitis
 Immunization against Hepatitis B is very important to health
workers who are at higher risk and community at large
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Cholangiocarcinoma
• Malignancies of the biliary duct system
• May originate in the
– intrahepatic bile ducts
– extrahepatic bile ducts
– distal extrahepatic bile ducts which terminate at
the ampulla of Vater
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• Perihilar tumors (Klatskin tumors) are the
commonest cholangiocarcinomas and
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are the least
common
• Klatskin tumors occur at the bifurcation of the
common hepatic duct (into right and left
hepatic ducts)
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Epidemiology
• <2% of all human malignancies, 2nd most common
primary liver cancer
• Accounts for 6-10% of all primary liver cancer
• Highest incidence in S.E. Asia, associated with liver
fluke infection – Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis
viverrini
• 2500 cases of cholangiocarcinoma each year, avg
incidence ranges from 2 - 6 cases per 100,000
people/year
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Epidemiology
• Not associated with cirrhosis.
• Aggressive disease, median survival rate is
low (6 months)
• 90% are not eligible for curative resection
• M:F = 1:2.5 in patients (60 – 70s)
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Risk factors
• Sclerosing cholangitis (7-42%)
• Congenital fibropolycystic diseases of the
biliarysystem-10% (particularly Caroli disease
and choledochal cysts )
• Previous exposure to Thorotrast (formerly
used in radiography of the biliarytract)
• In the Orient, the incidence rates are higher,
and it is due to chronic infection of the biliary
tract by liver flukes e.g., Clonorchis sinensis.
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Risk factors
• IBD ( UC>CD)*
• Chemical exposures ( workers in aircraft, rubber,
and wood-finishing industries)
• Others: congenital diseases, bile duct adenomas,
Îą-1 antitrypsin deficiency, obesity
• Gallstones ,viral hepatitis and cirrhosis do not
appear to be risk factors
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Pathophysiology
• Long-standing inflammation, as with PSC or chronic
parasitic infection
• Hyperplasia, cellular proliferation and malignant
transformation
• > 90% are adenocarcinoma, remainder are squamous
cell tumors
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Clinical presentation
• Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomais usually
detected late in its course
– as the result of obstruction to bile flow through
the hilum of the liver
– as a symptomatic liver mass
• 50 -75% metastasize to regional lymph nodes,
lungs, vertebrae, adrenals, brain, elsewhere at
autopsy
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Clinical features
• Pruritus - 66%
• Abdominal pain - 30-50%
• Wt loss - 30-50%
• Fever - 20%
• Jaundice - 90%
• Hepatomegaly - 25-40%
• Palpable gallbladder (Courvoisier sign)
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Diagnosis
• Pre operatively, dx is often difficult
• 1/3 of pts with symptoms and cholangiogram
suggestive of cholangiocarcinoma will have a
benign fibrosing disease or other metastasis
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Diagnosis
• Elevated conjugated bilirubin, ALP, GGT
• Aminotransferases: normal or minimally
elevated
• LFT: normal in early disease
• Tumor markers,
– CA 19-9 > 180 ng/dl,
– CEA x 20 (Dx, Rx, and monitoring of HC with 89%
sensitivity and 86% specificity)
• Cholangiocarcinoma does not produce AFP
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Imaging
• USS
• CT scan: benign vs. malignancy, resectability
• MRCP: 3-dimensional view of the biliary tree
• ERCP and PTC: assess local ductal extent of the
tumor while allowing for therapeutic biliary drainage
• PET scan: detect lymph node and distant metastases
• EUS: bile duct visualization and nodal evaluation,
aspirate for cytological studies
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Staging
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Treatment
• Standard therapy consists of extrahepatic bile duct
resection, hepatectomy and en bloc
lymphadenectomy
• Surgical resection
– Absence of retropancreatic and paraceliac nodal
metastases or distant liver metastases
– Absence of invasion of the portal vein or main
hepatic artery (although some centers support en
bloc resection with vascular reconstruction)
– Absence of extrahepatic adjacent organ invasion
– Absence of disseminated disease
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Treatment
• Among patients undergoing complete resection, 5-
year overall survival rates are btn 15 and 40%
• Other treatment modalities include: Stenting,
Photodynamic therapy, Radiation therapy and
Chemotherapy
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• Postop adjuvant therapy for +ve resection
margin (Fluoropyrimidine-based
chemotherapy)
• Radiochemotherapy if nodal positive
– In general, no single drug or combination has
consistently increased median survival beyond the
expected six to eight months
– The most active agents are 5-FU, gemcitabine,
cisplatin, and oxaliplatin
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Prognosis
• Prognosis is poor
• The median time from diagnosis to death is 6
months
• Aggressive surgery remains the only treatment
offering hope for long-term survival
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Hepatic angiosarcoma
• Hepatic angiosarcoma is a very rare disease,
accounting for only 2% of primary liver
malignancy
• Ranks in the third place in the list of most
common primary liver malignancies
• It originates from endothelial cells of the
blood vessels
• Difficult to diagnose in the early stage due to
unspecific symptoms
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• Difficult to differentiate liver angiosarcoma
radiologically from other vascular tumors in
liver, such as hepatoma due hypervascularity
• No therapeutic guideline for liver
angiosarcoma has been set up
– partial liver resection to remove the tumor
radically still remains to be the cornerstone of
treatment options
95
• Prognosis of hepatic angiosarcoma is very
poor:
–rapid progression
–high recurrence rate
–resistant to traditional chemotherapy and
radiotherapy
• Even liver transplantation could not benefit
patients with liver angiosarcoma
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Secondary liver cancers
• Metastatic involvement of the liver is commoner
(×20) than primary neoplasia
• In 50% of all cases the primary tumor is of the
GIT
• Other common primaries producing hepatic
metastases
– breast
– lung
• Any cancer in any site of the body may spread to
the liver including leukemias and lymphomas
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Secondary liver cancers
• Typically, multiple nodular metastases are
found that often cause striking hepatomegaly
and may replace over 80% of existent hepatic
parenchyma
• The liver weight can exceed several kilograms
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• Liver provides a fertile soil in which metastasis
may become established
– rich, dual blood supply
– humoral factors that promote cell growth
• The fenestrations in the sinusoidal
endothelium allow a foothold into the space
of Disse (perisinusoidal space) for tumor
emboli arriving via the blood stream
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• 77% of pts both lobes are involved
• Growing metastases compress adjacent liver
parenchyma, causing atrophy and forming a
connective tissue rim
• Large metastases often outgrow their blood
supply, causing hypoxia and necrosis at the
centre of the lesion
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Metastases to the Liver
• Factors influencing the incidence and pattern
of liver metastasis:
– Patients age and sex
– The primary site
– The histologic type
– Duration of the tumor
• The median survival time after the diagnosis
of hepatic metastasis was 75 days in one
series, and only 6.6% of pts survived longer
than one year
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Symptoms & Signs
• Hepatomegaly
• Ascites
– 50% of pts have clinical signs of hepatomegaly or
ascites
• Tenderness
• Cachexia
• Jaundice
• Pyrexia
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Investigations
• Level of serum ALP, AST, ALT is elevated or normal
– In 10% of patients ALP and GGT are elevated
• US/CT/MRI
– IOUS of the liver has the highest sensitivity 96%
– Duplex and color-flow imaging
– CT permits better evaluation of the involvement of
extrahepatic tissues including: bones, bowel, LN and
mesentery
– MRI allows effective localization of hepatic and
vascular invasion
* Ultrasound scan and CT scan can demonstrate
multiple filling defects
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• Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET is the most
sensitive noninvasive imaging modality for the
diagnosis of liver metastasis
• Liver biopsy, US/CT guided
• Angiography – for planning vascular
intervention
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Diagnosis
Limitations of imaging techniques
• Seldom enable a tissue diagnosis
• The differentiation of granulomatous lesions of the liver
from primary benign or malignant liver lesions may be
difficult
• Diagnostic difficulties may be encountered in the
characterization of atypical hemangiomas and FNH
• Hydatid liver disease may be a great mimic of liver
metastasis
• Focal fatty infiltration may also mimic liver metastasis
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Treatment
Hepatic Resection
• Currently the most effective form of therapy for metastases
confined to the liver
• Resectability is defined as complete gross resection while retaining
a sufficient liver remnant with intact biliary drainage and
vasculature
• Anatomic or segmental resections are currently favored over large
wedge resections
• Accepted contraindications to metastasectomy include:
– Poor overall health
– Inadequate liver reserve
– Inability to achieve margin-negative resection
– Presence of extrahepatic disease
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Treatment
• Ablative therapies (e.g. RFA) are also available for
patients with unresectable disease who do not have
apparent extrahepatic metastases
• Hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) placement and
administration of chemotherapy (TACE)
• Fluorodeoxyuridine is the most common agent
administered by the intra-arterial route
• Other includes: IR and OX
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• For most patients no effective treatment exists
because both lobes usually involved making
surgical resection impossible.
• Younger patients with metastases from CRC
confined to 1 lobe of liver and up to 4 in
number, may be treated by partial
hepatectomy
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Liver cancer by Dr. Basil Tumaini

  • 1. Primary and Secondary Liver Cancers Basil Tumaini, MD MMED (Int. Med.) Resident Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences June 2017 1
  • 2. Headings • Introduction • Epidemiology • Clinical features • Diagnosis Âą staging • Treatment • Prognosis Âą Prevention •Introduction •Primary liver cancers HCC Cholangiocarcinoma Angiosarcoma •Secondary liver cancers 2 Sub headings
  • 3. Introduction • A primary liver cancer arises from cells and/or structures of the liver itself whereas a secondary liver cancer spreads from other organ to the liver • When diagnosis is made late, as is often the case, prognosis is poor 3
  • 4. Primary liver cancers • Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma) • Cholangiocarcinoma • Angiosarcoma • Others: embronal sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma 4
  • 5. Primary liver cancers Globally – The 6th most frequent cancer – The 2nd leading cause of cancer death – In 2012, diagnosed in 782,000 people, caused 746,000 deaths In US – Five-year survival rates are 17% 5
  • 7. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) • Arises from parenchymal cells (hepatocytes) • Heterogeneous geographical distribution • Prevalence is much higher in developing countries (high prevalence of HBV infection, aflatoxin B1 contamination of foods, hepatotoxic drugs) 7
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  • 11. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) • Four times commoner in blacks • More in rural areas • Sex distribution, M:F ~ 2-6:1 (androgenic trophic effect, hepatitis/exposure variation) 11
  • 12. PROVEN PROBABLE POSSIBLE Cirrhosis Alcohol Schistosomiasis Hepatitis B, C Tobacco Hormonal factor Aflatoxins Diabetes Porphyria disease Obesity Haemachromatosis Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) Deficit of alfa-1 antitrypsin Risk factors 12
  • 13. • Cirrhosis of almost any cause, appearing 20-30 years after the initial insult • 85% of Pts with HCC in the West have cirrhosis • 3% with cirrhosis develop HCC annually • The cause is hepatitis B in 39% of cases, hepatitis C in 27% and alcoholism in 37% • 25% of afflicted individuals have no risk factors for the development of cirrhosis 13
  • 14. Epidemiological Study of Carcinoma of Liver in Dodoma Region • In Dodoma Region, the populace consumes large numbers of ground nuts which are believed to predispose to liver cancer • Of 939 clinically diagnosed malignancies in the Region during 1972-1976, 256 (27 percent) were hepatocellular carcinomas [P.R. Hiza] 14
  • 15. In retrospective study of histopathologically confirmed cases of hepatocellular carcinoma seen at Bugando Medical Center between March 2009 and February 2013 • Seventy-four (52.1%) patients stated a history of ingestion of foods stored in humid conditions (a likely suspected source of aflatoxin B1 exposure) • Eighty-five (59.9%) patients had a past history of jaundice • 32 (22.5%) had scarification marks 15 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
  • 16. In retrospective study of histopathologically confirmed cases of hepatocellular carcinoma seen at Bugando Medical Center between March 2009 and February 2013 • The use of traditional herbal concoctions was documented in 82 (57.7%) patients • A history of heavy alcohol consumption was reported in 86 (60.6%) patients • A past blood transfusion was documented in 28 (19.7%) patients 16 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
  • 17. 17 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
  • 18. 18 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
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  • 21. 21 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
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  • 23. Treatment modalities • All of the patients (100%) received supportive therapy only because of the advanced nature of the disease • No patients received any curative treatment such as liver transplantation, percutaneous ethanol ablation, or radio frequency ablation due to the lack of these treatment modalities in our setting and due the advanced nature of the disease at presentation 23 Jaka H, Mshana SE, Rambau PF, Masalu N, Chalya PL, Kalluvya SE. Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinicopathological profile and challenges of management in a resource- limited setting. World journal of surgical oncology. 2014 Aug 2;12(1):246.
  • 25. Investigations • USS/Helical CT scan/MRI • Hepatic arteriography • Tumor markers: AFP, other markers • Histopathology • LFTs + liver enzymes: serum albumin, bilirubin T+D, AST, ALT, ALP • CBC: • HBsAg, HCV Ab • Ascitic fluid analysis 25
  • 26. Ultrasound  Used to assess tumor size, vascular invasion and the existence of hilar adenopathies  Sensitivity for tumors ˂ 1 cm is about 42% reaching 95% for tumors of larger size .  The combination of Doppler with US can be useful for the identification of portal thrombosis in patients with HCC, with 89 to 92% sensitivity and 100% specificity in the identification of tumor thrombosis 26
  • 27. Helicoidal/Spiral CT  Suspicion of HCC by US in a patient with cirrhosis.  The sensitivity of CT for the diagnosis of HCC is similar to that of US  Diagnostic efficacy depends on technical factors, mainly the injection of contrast, and on factors inherent to the tumor, the most tumor size and vascularity 27
  • 28. Helicoidal/Spiral CT  CT should be performed by the spiral (or helicoidal) technique with intravenous injection of contrast and images should be obtained in the basal, arterial, portal, and equilibrium phases  Early arterial enhancement and delayed washout (less enhancement than the rest of the liver) in the venous or delayed phase of tri-phasic multidetectorCT (the three phases are arterial, venous, and delayed) 28
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  • 34. MRI  MR has been used to obtain a better characterization of hepatic lesions suggestive of HCC and also for their differentiation from benign lesions  Sensitivity depends on tumor size (eg for tumor ˂ 2cm =30% and tumors ˃2cm is about 95%) 34
  • 35. Hepatic arteriography  The diagnostic efficacy of hepatic arteriography depends on tumor size and on the extent of tumor vascularization  Small tumors tend to be well differentiated and consequently present low vascularization, thus being difficult to detect by this technique.  For tumors smaller than 5 cm, HA has 82 to 93% diagnostic sensitivity, 73% specificity and 89% diagnostic accuracy 35
  • 36. Tumor Markers: Alpha-1 fetoprotein • Progressively increasing AFP concentrations during screening are suggestive of HCC • Considered to be diagnostic (400-500 ng/ml) • 29% of patients with HCC may present serum AFP levels within normal limits • At the time of tumor diagnosis, AFP seems to be of prognostic value • Increase in pregnancy, chronic and other regenerative liver disease 36
  • 37. Cytology and/or histology • Histopathological examination is the main method for a sure diagnosis of HCC. • FNAB is a safe technique with minimal risks of complications and provides adequate material when performed by trained personnel • Diagnostic accuracy may vary from 60 to 90% • The specificity and positive predictive value of this technique are higher than 90%, 37
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  • 39. • Indications of Image-guided biopsy: –Focal hepatic masses with atypical imaging features –Discrepant findings on CT and MRI –Lesions detected in the absence of cirrhosis • The risk of tumor seeding along the needle track after biopsy in patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma is low (2.7%) 39
  • 40. Diagnosis of HCC according to the Barcelona-2000 Conference of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) 40
  • 41. Treatment Stage-guided treatment The choice of treatment Cancer stage Resources available The level of practitioner expertise 41
  • 42. Staging • To determine the prognosis of the disease and best therapeutic method – Okuda – TNM – Barcelona Clinic of Liver Cancer (BCLC) – French Classification – Cancer of the Liver Italian Program • BCLC is the only classification which correlates prognostic data with treatment possibilities 42
  • 43. Okuda 1= 11.5 months, Okuda 2 = 3 months, Okuda 3= 0.9 month 43
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  • 45. 45 BCL C Performance Status Tumor Features Liver Fn Treatment option A1 0 Single <5cm No PH Surgery/RFA A2 0 Single <5cm PH, Bil Normal Surgery/RFA/ Transplant A3 0 Single <5cm PH, Abnormal Bilirubin RFA/Transplant A4 0 3 tumors <3cm N/A Transplant/TACE B 0 Large multinodular CP A-B TACE C 1-2 Vascular Invasion/Mets CP A-B Sorafenib D 3-4 Any CP C Supportive
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  • 47. 7 stages (0-6) Stage 0=35 months, 2 =8months and 4-6 =3 months 47
  • 49. HCC – Treatment: Surgical Resection • Surgical resection is the treatment of choice in patients without cirrhosis who are in the very early stage • For patients with cirrhosis, resection produces the best results when the tumor is small (<5 cm in diameter), portal hypertension (a hepatic venous pressure gradient >10 mm Hg) is absent, and the total bilirubin level is normal (≤1 mg per deciliter [≤17.1 Îźmol per liter])* • The 5-year risk of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after resection is as high as 70%* • In the United States, less than 5% of patients are candidates for hepatic resection, associated with an overall survival rate of 90% Llovet JM, Schwartz M, Mazzaferro V. 49
  • 50. Surgical Resection • Surgical resection should be considered for patients with solitary tumors and no portal hypertension • However, the most appropriate treatment for patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma is liver transplantation • Patients with HCC who meet the Milan criteria for orthotopic liver transplantation have an expected 4-year overall survival rate of 85% and a recurrence-free survival rate of 92%* • If transplantation is not possible, local ablation is the next best option MazzaferroV, Regalia E, Doci R, et al. 50
  • 51. Local Ablation • RFA, best treatment alternative for patients with early-stage HCC who are not eligible for surgical resection or transplantation • Several recent randomized trials have shown radiofrequency ablation to be more effective than ethanol injection in treating patients with small hepatocellular tumors (2 to 3 cm in diameter), with lower rates of local recurrence and higher rates of overall and disease-free survival* • Short-term outcomes are excellent, with overall survival rates of 100% and 98% at 1 and 2 years, respectively* Cho YK, Kim JK, Kim MY, Rhim H, Han JK. 51
  • 52. Local Ablation • 5-year recurrence rates as high as 70% • The results of two randomized, controlled trials comparing radiofrequency ablation and surgical resection showed no significant differences in overall or recurrence-free survival; as expected, radiofrequency ablation was associated with lower rates of complications and hospitalization* Chen MS, Li JQ, Zheng Y, et al. Livraghi T, Meloni F, Di Stasi M, et al. 52
  • 53. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and Radioembolization • Patients with compensated cirrhosis, but with large or multifocal lesions but no vascular invasion are considered to have intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma • Improve survival among patients with preserved liver function, who do not have extrahepatic metastases, vascular invasion or prominent cancer-related symptoms 53
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  • 56. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and Radioembolization • A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials assessing the use of arterial embolization, chemoembolization, or both as primary palliative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma showed that these procedures were associated with an improved 2- year survival rate by 20 – 25% as compared with conservative treatment* 56 Bruix J, Sala M, Llovet JM.
  • 57. Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radioembolization • Neoadjuvant therapy or as a means of downstaging a patient’s condition before liver transplantation • Modalities include: Selective TACE Drug - eluting Beads (DB)-TACE, Radioembolization or combination approaches e.g., TACE and radiofrequency ablation gave promising results 57
  • 58. Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radioembolization • Embolization should not be performed without the use of a chemotherapeutic agent, there are few data to guide the choice of the chemotherapeutic agent • In recent randomized, controlled trials, the use of a drug-eluting bead that releases the drug in a controlled fashion during TACE has been shown to be associated with a reduction in both hepatic and systemic side effects and with an increase in local tumor response* Lammer J, Malagari K, Vogl T, et al. Lencioni R. 58
  • 59. • Radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres has recently been used as palliative treatment for patients with Child–Pugh class A cirrhosis and intermediate- stage hepatocellular carcinoma • However, there have been no controlled trials comparing yttrium-90 radioembolization with TACE or with other types of treatment 59 Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radioembolization
  • 60. Contraindications to TACE 60 Absolute contraindications • Decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh B ≥8) including: – Jaundice – Clinical encephalopathy – Refractory ascites – Hepatorenal syndrome • Extensive tumor with massive replacement of both entire lobes • Severely reduced portal vein flow
  • 61. Technical contraindications to hepatic intra-arterial treatment • Untreatable arteriovenous fistula • Renal insufficiency (creatinine ≥2 mg/dl or creatinine clearance <30 ml/min) 61
  • 62. Relative contraindications to TACE • Tumor size ≥10 cm • Co-morbidities involving compromised organ function: – Active cardiovascular disease – Active Lung disease • Untreated varices at high risk of bleeding • Bile-duct occlusion or incompetent papilla due to stent or surgery 62
  • 63. Sorafenib • Patients with mild cancer-related symptoms, vascular invasion, or extrahepatic spread are considered to have advanced-stage disease and are not suitable candidates for radical therapies • TACE has increased the survival rate among well- selected candidates, but the primary treatment option for patients with this stage of disease is the oral chemotherapeutic agent sorafenib 63 Llovet JM, Ricci S, Mazzaferro V, Hilgard P, Gane E, Blanc JF, de Oliveira AC, Santoro A, Raoul JL, Forner A, Schwartz M. Sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. New England journal of medicine. 2008 Jul 24;359(4):378-90.
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  • 65. • An oral multikinase inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, the platelet-derived growth factor receptor • Antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties • The only approved drug for Rx HCC BCLC –C stage • 37% increase in overall survival as compared to placebo, in patients with advanced HCC and compensated cirrhosis* Llovet JM, Ricci S, Mazzaferro V, et al. 65 Sorafenib
  • 66. Indications Pts unsuitable to TACE Pts in whom TACE resulted in unacceptable toxicity * Combination studies underway 66 Sorafenib
  • 67. • Rash on the hands and feet • Diarrhea • Fatigue • Other small molecules, brivanid, and erlotinib, and monoclonal antibodies, bevacizumab and cetuximab, are being studied 67 Sorafenib SEs
  • 68. • Rash on the hands and feet • Diarrhea • Fatigue  Other small molecules, brivanid, and erlotinib, and monoclonal antibodies, bevacizumab and cetuximab, are being studied 68 Sorafenib SEs
  • 69. Supportive treatment • Patients with terminal-stage disease present with cancer symptoms related to liver failure, vascular involvement, or extrahepatic spread • The 1-year survival rate for such patients is less than 10%, and they do not benefit from the treatments mentioned above 69
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  • 71. Recurrence • Cancer recurrence, generally in the hepatic remnant, occurs in 70% to 100% of cases after resection • Accounts for the cause of death in 82.5% of the patients while only 9% of deaths were due to hepatic failure. 71
  • 72. Recommendations: AASLD • USS of the liver combined with measurement of serum AFP levels every 6 to 12 months as surveillance for HCC in patients with cirrhosis or advanced hepatic fibrosis, irrespective of the cause • Both are also useful in surveillance of HBV carriers with or without cirrhosis if they are Africans older than 20 years of age or Asians older than 40 years of age or if they have a family history of HCC • HCC is rare in HCV-infected patients with mild or no hepatic fibrosis, surveillance is not recommended for this group 72
  • 73. Prevention • In 2002, Tanzania introduced mandatory immunization of Hepatitis B to all children under EPI • Tanzania is an endemic area for viral hepatitis  Immunization against Hepatitis B is very important to health workers who are at higher risk and community at large 73
  • 74. Cholangiocarcinoma • Malignancies of the biliary duct system • May originate in the – intrahepatic bile ducts – extrahepatic bile ducts – distal extrahepatic bile ducts which terminate at the ampulla of Vater 74
  • 75. • Perihilar tumors (Klatskin tumors) are the commonest cholangiocarcinomas and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are the least common • Klatskin tumors occur at the bifurcation of the common hepatic duct (into right and left hepatic ducts) 75
  • 76. Epidemiology • <2% of all human malignancies, 2nd most common primary liver cancer • Accounts for 6-10% of all primary liver cancer • Highest incidence in S.E. Asia, associated with liver fluke infection – Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini • 2500 cases of cholangiocarcinoma each year, avg incidence ranges from 2 - 6 cases per 100,000 people/year 76
  • 77. Epidemiology • Not associated with cirrhosis. • Aggressive disease, median survival rate is low (6 months) • 90% are not eligible for curative resection • M:F = 1:2.5 in patients (60 – 70s) 77
  • 78. Risk factors • Sclerosing cholangitis (7-42%) • Congenital fibropolycystic diseases of the biliarysystem-10% (particularly Caroli disease and choledochal cysts ) • Previous exposure to Thorotrast (formerly used in radiography of the biliarytract) • In the Orient, the incidence rates are higher, and it is due to chronic infection of the biliary tract by liver flukes e.g., Clonorchis sinensis. 78
  • 79. Risk factors • IBD ( UC>CD)* • Chemical exposures ( workers in aircraft, rubber, and wood-finishing industries) • Others: congenital diseases, bile duct adenomas, Îą-1 antitrypsin deficiency, obesity • Gallstones ,viral hepatitis and cirrhosis do not appear to be risk factors 79
  • 80. Pathophysiology • Long-standing inflammation, as with PSC or chronic parasitic infection • Hyperplasia, cellular proliferation and malignant transformation • > 90% are adenocarcinoma, remainder are squamous cell tumors 80
  • 81. Clinical presentation • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomais usually detected late in its course – as the result of obstruction to bile flow through the hilum of the liver – as a symptomatic liver mass • 50 -75% metastasize to regional lymph nodes, lungs, vertebrae, adrenals, brain, elsewhere at autopsy 81
  • 82. Clinical features • Pruritus - 66% • Abdominal pain - 30-50% • Wt loss - 30-50% • Fever - 20% • Jaundice - 90% • Hepatomegaly - 25-40% • Palpable gallbladder (Courvoisier sign) 82
  • 83. Diagnosis • Pre operatively, dx is often difficult • 1/3 of pts with symptoms and cholangiogram suggestive of cholangiocarcinoma will have a benign fibrosing disease or other metastasis 83
  • 84. Diagnosis • Elevated conjugated bilirubin, ALP, GGT • Aminotransferases: normal or minimally elevated • LFT: normal in early disease • Tumor markers, – CA 19-9 > 180 ng/dl, – CEA x 20 (Dx, Rx, and monitoring of HC with 89% sensitivity and 86% specificity) • Cholangiocarcinoma does not produce AFP 84
  • 85. Imaging • USS • CT scan: benign vs. malignancy, resectability • MRCP: 3-dimensional view of the biliary tree • ERCP and PTC: assess local ductal extent of the tumor while allowing for therapeutic biliary drainage • PET scan: detect lymph node and distant metastases • EUS: bile duct visualization and nodal evaluation, aspirate for cytological studies 85
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  • 89. Treatment • Standard therapy consists of extrahepatic bile duct resection, hepatectomy and en bloc lymphadenectomy • Surgical resection – Absence of retropancreatic and paraceliac nodal metastases or distant liver metastases – Absence of invasion of the portal vein or main hepatic artery (although some centers support en bloc resection with vascular reconstruction) – Absence of extrahepatic adjacent organ invasion – Absence of disseminated disease 89
  • 90. Treatment • Among patients undergoing complete resection, 5- year overall survival rates are btn 15 and 40% • Other treatment modalities include: Stenting, Photodynamic therapy, Radiation therapy and Chemotherapy 90
  • 91. • Postop adjuvant therapy for +ve resection margin (Fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy) • Radiochemotherapy if nodal positive – In general, no single drug or combination has consistently increased median survival beyond the expected six to eight months – The most active agents are 5-FU, gemcitabine, cisplatin, and oxaliplatin 91
  • 92. Prognosis • Prognosis is poor • The median time from diagnosis to death is 6 months • Aggressive surgery remains the only treatment offering hope for long-term survival 92
  • 93. Hepatic angiosarcoma • Hepatic angiosarcoma is a very rare disease, accounting for only 2% of primary liver malignancy • Ranks in the third place in the list of most common primary liver malignancies • It originates from endothelial cells of the blood vessels • Difficult to diagnose in the early stage due to unspecific symptoms 93
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  • 95. • Difficult to differentiate liver angiosarcoma radiologically from other vascular tumors in liver, such as hepatoma due hypervascularity • No therapeutic guideline for liver angiosarcoma has been set up – partial liver resection to remove the tumor radically still remains to be the cornerstone of treatment options 95
  • 96. • Prognosis of hepatic angiosarcoma is very poor: –rapid progression –high recurrence rate –resistant to traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy • Even liver transplantation could not benefit patients with liver angiosarcoma 96
  • 97. Secondary liver cancers • Metastatic involvement of the liver is commoner (×20) than primary neoplasia • In 50% of all cases the primary tumor is of the GIT • Other common primaries producing hepatic metastases – breast – lung • Any cancer in any site of the body may spread to the liver including leukemias and lymphomas 97
  • 98. Secondary liver cancers • Typically, multiple nodular metastases are found that often cause striking hepatomegaly and may replace over 80% of existent hepatic parenchyma • The liver weight can exceed several kilograms 98
  • 99. • Liver provides a fertile soil in which metastasis may become established – rich, dual blood supply – humoral factors that promote cell growth • The fenestrations in the sinusoidal endothelium allow a foothold into the space of Disse (perisinusoidal space) for tumor emboli arriving via the blood stream 99
  • 100. • 77% of pts both lobes are involved • Growing metastases compress adjacent liver parenchyma, causing atrophy and forming a connective tissue rim • Large metastases often outgrow their blood supply, causing hypoxia and necrosis at the centre of the lesion 100
  • 101. Metastases to the Liver • Factors influencing the incidence and pattern of liver metastasis: – Patients age and sex – The primary site – The histologic type – Duration of the tumor • The median survival time after the diagnosis of hepatic metastasis was 75 days in one series, and only 6.6% of pts survived longer than one year 101
  • 102. Symptoms & Signs • Hepatomegaly • Ascites – 50% of pts have clinical signs of hepatomegaly or ascites • Tenderness • Cachexia • Jaundice • Pyrexia 102
  • 103. Investigations • Level of serum ALP, AST, ALT is elevated or normal – In 10% of patients ALP and GGT are elevated • US/CT/MRI – IOUS of the liver has the highest sensitivity 96% – Duplex and color-flow imaging – CT permits better evaluation of the involvement of extrahepatic tissues including: bones, bowel, LN and mesentery – MRI allows effective localization of hepatic and vascular invasion * Ultrasound scan and CT scan can demonstrate multiple filling defects 103
  • 104. • Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET is the most sensitive noninvasive imaging modality for the diagnosis of liver metastasis • Liver biopsy, US/CT guided • Angiography – for planning vascular intervention 104
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  • 108. Diagnosis Limitations of imaging techniques • Seldom enable a tissue diagnosis • The differentiation of granulomatous lesions of the liver from primary benign or malignant liver lesions may be difficult • Diagnostic difficulties may be encountered in the characterization of atypical hemangiomas and FNH • Hydatid liver disease may be a great mimic of liver metastasis • Focal fatty infiltration may also mimic liver metastasis 108
  • 109. Treatment Hepatic Resection • Currently the most effective form of therapy for metastases confined to the liver • Resectability is defined as complete gross resection while retaining a sufficient liver remnant with intact biliary drainage and vasculature • Anatomic or segmental resections are currently favored over large wedge resections • Accepted contraindications to metastasectomy include: – Poor overall health – Inadequate liver reserve – Inability to achieve margin-negative resection – Presence of extrahepatic disease 109
  • 110. Treatment • Ablative therapies (e.g. RFA) are also available for patients with unresectable disease who do not have apparent extrahepatic metastases • Hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) placement and administration of chemotherapy (TACE) • Fluorodeoxyuridine is the most common agent administered by the intra-arterial route • Other includes: IR and OX 110
  • 111. • For most patients no effective treatment exists because both lobes usually involved making surgical resection impossible. • Younger patients with metastases from CRC confined to 1 lobe of liver and up to 4 in number, may be treated by partial hepatectomy 111

Editor's Notes

  1. Diagnosed in more than half a million people worldwide each year What is the leading cause of cancer death?
  2. Incidence of Hepatocellular carcinoma in TZ ~ 10/100,000 per year
  3. Retrospective study of 142 histopathologically confirmed cases of hepatocellular carcinoma seen at Bugando Medical Center between March 2009 and February 2013
  4. Rare before the age of 40 years and peak at 70 years of age (in other places) M:F>2:1
  5. No very specific manifestations deterioration in the clinical course of a patient with cirrhosis • Cachexia, weakness, pruritis and weight loss • Rt upper quadrant or epigastric pain • Rapid appearance of ascites, portal vein thrombosis as a result of tumorous involvement of the portal veins • Jaundice –rare, GI bleeding –quite common Typical presentation of a large liver and ascites with a rapid downhill course • Acute abdominal emergency, most often bleeding as a result of a blood vessel erosion • Acute febrile illness with pain in the R tupper quadrant • Manifestation of metastasis only • No symptoms at all, the tumor being found at autopsy or at operation
  6. A marked rise in ALP, a moderate rise in the transaminase level Normal liver function studies, are quite consistent with the presence of a large hepatoma Anemia/polycythemia, slight leukocytosis
  7. Accurate assessment of liver nodules measuring less than 1 cm is difficult, whether imaging alone or imaging and biopsy are performed Monitoring with the use of ultrasonography at intervals of 3 to 6 months for 1 to 2 years
  8. Noninvasive imaging tests, in patients with cirrhosis and a focal hepatic mass larger than 2 cm in diameter, the diagnosis can be confidently established on the basis of the presence of typical imaging features
  9. Numerous staging systems, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging has been proposed as the standard means of assessing the treatment and prognosis for patients It incorporates data on the patient's performance status, number and size of nodules, cancer symptoms, and liver function as determined by the Child–Pugh classification system
  10. AASLD = American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  11. Klatskin tumor = adenocarcinoma located at the bifurcation of the common hepatic duct.
  12. Courvoisier sign in distal cholangiocarcinomas