hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the fifth most common tumor in the world, and its incidence is increasing. it is second most common cause of cancer related death worldwide and fastest growing cause of cancer death in the united states. cirrhosis is the most important clinical risk factor for hcc, with approximately 80% of cases of hcc developing in patients with a cirrhotic liver. hcc differs...

Malignant liver cancers represent primarily hepatocellular carcinomas (90%) followed by cholangiocarcinomas (10%). Other forms of malignant liver cancer, such as angiosarcoma, are extremely rare. Hepatocellular carcinomas and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas deserve our attention for several reasons. Firstly, their incidence is rising, and in some countries distinctly, as has been documented by...

Objectives. To investigate the potential association of tumor necrosis factor-α T-857C polymorphism with susceptibility to the five common malignant tumors. Materials and Methods. A comprehensive search of PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases was performed up to November 2015. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated to assess the strength ...

Previously, we showed that down-regulation of claudin-10 (CLDN-10) in hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with prolonged disease-free survival after curative surgery. Claudins are important tight junction components. Increasing evidence shows that claudins are involved in cancer progression but each member of claudins is specifically expressed in a variety of malignancies. The biological rol...

Tumor-associated macrophages, crucial components of the microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma, hamper anti-cancer immune responses. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of sorafenib on the formation of the tumor microenvironment, especially the relationship between polarized macrophages and hepatocytes. Macrophage infiltration was reduced in patients with hepatocell...

Aberrant regulation of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) contributes to malignant progression in various cancers, but the underlying mechanism leading to the activation of oncogenic HDAC2 remains unknown. In this study, we show that HDAC2 expression is upregulated in a large cohort of patients with human hepatocellular carcinoma, and that high expression of HDAC2 was significantly associated with p...

OBJECTIVE To identify the association between gastrointestinal carcinomas (GIC) risk and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) 1A7 polymorphisms through a systematic review and network meta-analysis. RESULTS Seventeen studies were eligible, which included 7738 patients and 18 analyses. First, it was found that compared with non-cancer participants, UGT1A7*1 were significantly decreased in cance...

PURPOSE Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary malignancy of the liver and accounts for as many as one million deaths annually worldwide. The present study was done to identify new transmembrane molecules for antibody therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Gene expression profiles of pooled total RNA from three tissues each of moderately differentiated and poorl...

During progression of hepatocellular carcinoma, multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations act to posttranslationally modulate the function of proteins that promote cancer invasion and metastasis. To define such abnormalities that contribute to liver cancer metastasis, we carried out a proteomic comparison of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and samples of intravascular thrombi from the same p...