Hepatoma

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Background information on Hepatoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the liver. Most cases of HCC are secondary to either hepatitis infection (usually hepatitis B or C) or cirrhosis (alcoholism being the most common cause of hepatic cirrhosis). In countries where hepatitis is not endemic, most cancers in the liver are not primary HCC but metastasis (spread) of cancer from elsewhere in the body, e.g. the colon. Treatment options of HCC and prognosis are dependent on many factors but especially on tumor size and staging.

In Sub-Saharan Africa and most other Third World countries the commonly accepted prognosis is a median survival of 3 months from diagnosis. This is partially due to late presentation with large tumours, but also the lack of medical expertise and facilities.
News Articles on Hepatoma



Santaris Scientists, Collaborators Silence miRNA in Non-Human Primate  -  26 Mar 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),Before they tested this LAN-antimiR in primates, though, the researchers did several experiments in Huh-7 human hepatoma and HeLa cell lines and mouse

Scientific Evidence Proves Significant Anti-Cancer Effect of Milk ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Natural News.com,The researchers found that silibilin can significantly reduce the growth of several human hepatoma cell lines. In addition, they demonstrated that silibinin

The Mushroom Master: An Interview with George Vaughan (Part 2)  -  Mar 20, 2008
Natural News.com,Mycelium triterpenes, such as ganoderic acids T, Z, Y, X, W and V, have been found to have cytotoxic activity against hepatoma cells.

Liver Cancer – Signs and Symptoms of Liver Cancer  -  Mar 17, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,It is also known as primary liver cancer or hepatoma. The liver is made up of different cell types (for example, bile ducts, blood vessels, and fat-storing

Chicken leptin receptor is functional to activate JAK-STAT pathway ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Journal of EndocrinologyFurthermore, we found that leptin phosphorylated STAT3 and increased luciferase activity in LMH cells, a chicken hepatoma cell line transiently expressing

Black tea compounds may help prevent diabetes  -  Mar 4, 2008
Food Consumer,...involved in regulating the rate of aging in response to dietary factors and PEPCK or phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the hepatoma HL1c cell line.

Black tea compounds may protect against diabetes  -  Mar 3, 2008
FoodProductionDaily.com,In the new study Cameron and co-workers screened dietary compounds for their ability to effect insulin-like signalling to FOXO1a and PEPCK in the hepatoma

Study of the Synergistic Effect on Hepatoma 22 Tumor Cells by ...  -  Dec 20, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of SDT on lipid peroxidation and the activity of antioxidative enzymes in isolated hepatoma 22 (H-22)

FHAG Offers Free Screening For Orphans  -  Dec 11, 2007
Modern Ghana,According to him, the group seeks to help curb the prevalence of asymptomatic diseases such as hepatoma, breast cancer, cervical cancer, HIV and AIDS while

milk thistle may help prevent liver cancer  -  Nov 21, 2007
Food Consumer,28, 2007 issue of the world journal of gastroenterology showed silibilin can significantly reduce the growth of several human hepatoma cell lines. in

impact of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in a tertiary clinical ...  -  Nov 20, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)...most often for characterization of a mass in a high-risk patient scanned for hepatoma surveillance or characterization of an indeterminate mass after

scientific evidence of the significant anti-cancer effect of milk ...  -  Nov 14, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...the researchers found that silibilin can significantly reduce the growth of several human hepatoma cell lines. in addition, they demonstrated that silibinin

milk thistle has anti-cancer effect  -  Nov 15, 2007
United Press International15 (upi) -- a compound of milk thistle -- silibinin -- can reduce the growth of several human hepatoma cell lines and may help prevent liver cancer,

nexavar first fda-approved drug therapy for liver cancer  -  Nov 19, 2007
CNNMoney.com...center college of medicine. malignant hepatoma. available at: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malignanthepatoma.htm. accessed april 10, 2007.

hepatitis c virus found to spread directly from cell to cell by ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...timpe, jm et al (2007). hepatitis c virus cell-cell transmission hepatoma cells in the presence of neutralizing antibodies. hepatology early view.

Liver fibrosis will be treated by a potential target  -  17 Oct 2007
EurekAlert (press release),The researchers used mouse Hepal-6 cells obtained from mouse a hepatoma cell line that had functions of hepatic parenchymal cells to investigate the effects

Bilberry studied as anti-cancer substance  -  Oct 5, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the .

Nexavar Receives Positive Opinion from European Committee for ...  -  Sep 21, 2007
CNNMoney.comMalignant Hepatoma. Available at: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malignanthepatoma.htm. Accessed April 10, 2007. (3). International Agency for Cancer

Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing  -  Oct 4, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),They have isolated a unique subclone of Huh 7 Hepatoma cells, S29, that permits HCV replication and infectious virion release, but is resistant to infection

Hepatoma-derived growth factor predicts GI tumor outcome  -  Sep 5, 2007
Medicexchange (press release),Expression of hepatoma-derived growth factor is elevated in high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors, Taiwanese researchers report in the September 1st

Nexavar Significantly Improved Overall Survival in Phase 3 Asia ...  -  Aug 26, 2007
CNNMoney.comMalignant Hepatoma. Available at: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malignanthepatoma.htm. Accessed April 10, 2007. 3. International Agency for Cancer

FGFR4 gene plays a complex role in obesity, fatty liver and diabetes  -  Aug 12, 2007
News-Medical.net,...disease in obese individuals is similar to the alcoholic version, as both result in hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatoma (liver cancer).

Standard Process Researchers Show That Unique Radish Phytochemical ...  -  Jul 16, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The study "Aqueous extract from Spanish black radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. niger) induces detoxification enzymes in the HepG2 human hepatoma cell line"

Christodoulos is on the mend  -  Jul 2, 2007
Kathimerini,Doctors removed a tumor from Christodoulos’s intestine earlier this month but he is also suffering from hepatoma, a cancer that originates in the liver.

Greek archbishop diagnosed with cancer  -  Jun 28, 2007
Spero NewsVoros, an associate professor of surgery at Athens University who performed the surgery on June 12, said the hepatoma (or liver cancer) is a "few

Archbishop concerns allayed  -  Jun 30, 2007
Kathimerini,Christodoulos is also suffering from hepatoma, a cancer that originates in the liver. Doctors at the Aretaio Hospital in Athens said yesterday’s examination

Archbishop suffering from cancer  -  Jun 22, 2007
Kathimerini,...intestine during surgery last week but tests had revealed he was also suffering from hepatoma, a usually cancerous tumor that occurs in the liver.

Sea squirt may help fight cancer  -  Jun 21, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the .

Bayer and Onyx Submit Supplemental New Drug Application for ...  -  Jun 27, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Malignant Hepatoma. Available at: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malignanthepatoma.htm. Accessed April 10, 2007. 3. World Health Organization.

Death records for June 10, 2007  -  Jun 9, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),Merritt, Robert Allen; 54; Evansville; died 5/19; hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), cirrhosis. Mills, George R.; 80; Evansville; died 4/26;

First Agent Ever Demonstrates Significant Benefit in Liver Cancer  -  05 Jun 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Malignant Hepatoma. Available at: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malignanthepatoma.htm. Accessed April 10, 2007. (3) World Health Organization.

FDA approves new kidney cancer drug  -  May 31, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the ... > full article

Protein found that slows hepatitis C growth in liver cells  -  27 Apr 2007
Biology News Net (press release),Is Activated through the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin/p70 56 Kinase Pathway and Regulates the Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Human Hepatoma Cells.

Rainbow Trout Fish Farming  -  Apr 16, 2007
Gorkhapatra,...and it may generate various fatal diseases like columnaris, tail and fin rot, gill disease, water mold, hepatoma, trichondiniasis to the Trout.

Make hepatitis screening a must  -  Mar 31, 2007
New Straits Times,HCC, also called hepatoma, is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the liver. Most cases of HCC are secondary to either hepatitis infection (usually hepatitis B

1 Programs in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)Methods: pIRES-hNIS/D 2 R containing NIS and D 2 R linked with an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) was constructed and transfected into human hepatoma

Merck and Schering-Plough to Develop Another New Cholesterol ...  -  26 Mar 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...fulminant hepatic necrosis, and hepatoma. Metabolism and nutrition disorders: anorexia. Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: alopecia, pruritus.

Stroma-derived factor (SDF-1/CXCL12) and human tumor pathogenesis  -  Mar 8, 2007
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)Loss of chemokine SDF-1- mediated CXCR4 signalling and receptor internalization in human hepatoma cell line HepG2. Cell Signal 13: 311–319, 2001.

The University of Navarra will test vaccines with dendritic cells ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Basque Research,...out tests midway through 2007 on vaccinations with dendritic cells on cancer patients with hepatoma (liver cancer), melanoma, and renal cell carcinoma.

New Index For Measuring Liver Fibrosis  -  Feb 21, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the ... > full article

Liver Cancer  -  Feb 18, 2007
Cancer Focus,This type of cancer is called hepatocellular carcinoma or malignant hepatoma. Children may develop childhood hepatocellular carcinomaterm or hepatoblastoma.

Canadian patients to benefit from renewal of CIHR/RX&D Health ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The inflammation can lead to cirrhosis (hardening of the liver) or hepatoma (cancer of the liver). Approximately 200000 Canadians are infected with the

New medical findings reported by University of Heidelberg, Germany ...  -  28 Dec 2006
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Study 1: According to recent research from Germany, angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) overexpression in Morris hepatoma (MH3924A) results in increased tumor perfusion

More evidence for tea’s anticancer potential  -  Dec 22, 2006
Beverage Daily,...and all the general tea extracts decreased the numbers of human breast (MCF-7), colon (HT-29), hepatoma (liver) (HepG2), and prostate (PC-3) cell lines,

Stool DNA Testing For Colon Cancer  -  Dec 13, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the ... > full article

Greater LDL Cholesterol Reduction with VYTORIN Compared to Lipitor ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Business Wire (press release),...fulminant hepatic necrosis, and hepatoma. Metabolism and nutrition disorders: anorexia. Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: alopecia, pruritus.

Stool DNA Testing For Colon Cancer  -  13 Dec 2006
Science Daily (press release)...full article. Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the ... ...

Intravenous Chemoradiation Effective For Inoperable Head, Neck ...  -  Nov 16, 2006
Science Daily (press release)...full article. Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also called hepatoma or liver cancer) is a primary malignancy (cancer) of the ... ...



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