Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is currently the sixth most common type of cancer with a high mortality rate and an increasing incidence worldwide.Its etiology is usually linked to environmental,dietary or lifestyle fact...Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is currently the sixth most common type of cancer with a high mortality rate and an increasing incidence worldwide.Its etiology is usually linked to environmental,dietary or lifestyle factors.HCC most commonly arises in a cirrhotic liver but interestingly an increasing proportion of HCCs develop in the non-fibrotic or minimal fibrotic liver and a shift in the underlying etiology can be observed.Although this process is yet to be completely understood,this changing scenario also has impact on the material seen by pathologists,presenting them with new diagnostic dilemmas.Histopathologic criteria for diagnosing classical,progressed HCC are well established and known,but with an increase in detection of small and early HCCs due to routine screening programs,the diagnosis of these small lesions in core needle biopsies poses a difficult challenge.These lesions can be far more difficult to distinguish from one another than progressed HCC,which is usually a clear cut hematoxylin and eosin diagnosis.Furthermore lesions thought to derive from progenitor cells have recently been reclassified in the WHO.This review summarizes recent developments and tries to put new HCC biomarkers in context with the WHOs reclassification.Furthermore it also addresses the group of tumors known as combined hepatocellular-cholangiocellular carcinomas.展开更多
OBJECTIVE To examine the therapeutic effects and toxicity of high-dose-folinic acid plus a 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)bolus and continuous infusion with 5-FU combined with locally produced oxaliplatin(L-HOP)in treating advan...OBJECTIVE To examine the therapeutic effects and toxicity of high-dose-folinic acid plus a 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)bolus and continuous infusion with 5-FU combined with locally produced oxaliplatin(L-HOP)in treating advanced gastric carcinoma patients. METHODS Sixty-five patients with advanced gastric carcinoma were treated with high-dose-folinic acid plus a 5-FU bolus and a 48-h continuous infusion of 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin.The effects of treatment and toxicity were observed. RESULTS There were 4 complete responses,26 partial responses, 30 with no change and 5 with progressive disease.The overall effective response rate was 46.2%(30/65).The median duration was 7 months,with the main side effects including nausea and vomiting,peripheral phlebitis,alopecia,leukopenia,dental ulcers, peripheral neuritis and diarrhea.All the side effects were tolerated and minimal. CONCLUSION The results showed that high-dose folinic acid plus a 5-FU bolus and continuous infusion of 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin appears to be a safe and effective therapy for patients with advanced gastric carcinoma.This therapeutic regimen is of value for these patients.展开更多
文摘Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is currently the sixth most common type of cancer with a high mortality rate and an increasing incidence worldwide.Its etiology is usually linked to environmental,dietary or lifestyle factors.HCC most commonly arises in a cirrhotic liver but interestingly an increasing proportion of HCCs develop in the non-fibrotic or minimal fibrotic liver and a shift in the underlying etiology can be observed.Although this process is yet to be completely understood,this changing scenario also has impact on the material seen by pathologists,presenting them with new diagnostic dilemmas.Histopathologic criteria for diagnosing classical,progressed HCC are well established and known,but with an increase in detection of small and early HCCs due to routine screening programs,the diagnosis of these small lesions in core needle biopsies poses a difficult challenge.These lesions can be far more difficult to distinguish from one another than progressed HCC,which is usually a clear cut hematoxylin and eosin diagnosis.Furthermore lesions thought to derive from progenitor cells have recently been reclassified in the WHO.This review summarizes recent developments and tries to put new HCC biomarkers in context with the WHOs reclassification.Furthermore it also addresses the group of tumors known as combined hepatocellular-cholangiocellular carcinomas.
文摘OBJECTIVE To examine the therapeutic effects and toxicity of high-dose-folinic acid plus a 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)bolus and continuous infusion with 5-FU combined with locally produced oxaliplatin(L-HOP)in treating advanced gastric carcinoma patients. METHODS Sixty-five patients with advanced gastric carcinoma were treated with high-dose-folinic acid plus a 5-FU bolus and a 48-h continuous infusion of 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin.The effects of treatment and toxicity were observed. RESULTS There were 4 complete responses,26 partial responses, 30 with no change and 5 with progressive disease.The overall effective response rate was 46.2%(30/65).The median duration was 7 months,with the main side effects including nausea and vomiting,peripheral phlebitis,alopecia,leukopenia,dental ulcers, peripheral neuritis and diarrhea.All the side effects were tolerated and minimal. CONCLUSION The results showed that high-dose folinic acid plus a 5-FU bolus and continuous infusion of 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin appears to be a safe and effective therapy for patients with advanced gastric carcinoma.This therapeutic regimen is of value for these patients.
