Incidence of primary liver cancer and aetiological aspects: A study of a defined population from a low-endemicity area

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-132

  Kaczynski, J ^a   Hansson, G ^a   Wallerstedt, S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Hepatoblastoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHOLELITHIASIS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030068738     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.24     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. ALTAEE MY, JOHNSON PJ, FARRANT JM AND WILLIAMS R. (1991). Etiologic and clinical characteristics of peripheral and hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Cancer, 69, 2051-2055.
2. ANTHONY PP. (1987). Tumours and tumour-like lesions of the liver and biliary tract. In Pathology of the Liver, 2nd edn, MacSween RNM, Anthony PP and Scheuer PJ (eds) pp. 574-645. Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh.
3. BASSENDINE MF. (1986). Alcohol - a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma? J. Hepatol., 2, 513-519.
4. BASSENDINE MF. (1987). Aetiological factors in hepatocellular cancer. Baillieres Clin. Gastroenterol., 1, 1-16.
5. BEASLEY RP. (1988). Hepatitis B virus. The major etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer, 61, 1942-1956.
6. BENGMARK S, BÖRJESSON B AND HAFSTRÖM L. (1971). The natural history of primary carcinoma of the liver. Scand. J. Gastroenterol, 6, 351-355.
7. BERMAN MM, LIBBEY NP AND FOSTER JH. (1980). Hepatocellular carcinoma. Polygonal cell type with fibrous stroma: an atypical variant with a favorable prognosis. Cancer, 46, 372-379.
8. BOUCHIER IAD. (1969). Postmortem study of the frequency of gall-stones in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. Gut, 10, 705-710.
9. CANCER REGISTRY. (1960-82). Cancer Incidence in Sweden 1958-1979. National Board of Health and Welfare: Stockholm.
10. CHEN M-F, JAN Y-Y, WANG C-S, JENG L-BB, HWANG T-L AND CHEN S-C. (1989). Intrahepatic stones associated with cholangiocarcinoma. Am. J. Gastroenterol, 84, 391-395.
11. COLOMBO M. (1992). Hepatocellular carcinoma. J. Hepatol., 15, 225-236.
12. COOK, GC. (1985). Hepatocellular carcinoma: one of the world's most common malignancies (editorial). Q.J. Med., 233, 705-708.
13. CRAIG JR, PETERS RL, EDMONDSON HA AND OMATA M. (1980). Fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver: a tumor of adolescents and young adults with distinctive clinico-pathologic features. Cancer, 46, 2-9.
14. DUSHEIKO G. (1987). Hepatocellular carcinoma: molecular biology, etiology and animal models. Gastroenterol. Clin. N. Am., 16, 575-590.
15. EKBOM A, HSIEH C-C, YUEN J, TRICHOPOULOS D, MCLAUGHLIN JK, LAN S-J AND ADAMI H-O. (1993). Risk of extrahepatic bileduct cancer after cholecystectomy. Lancet, 342, 1262-1265.
16. FUKUDA A, SUGIMACHI K, TOKUDOME S, IKEDA M, KOGA S AND HIROHATA T. (1989). Blood transfusion as a risk factor for cirrhosis and liver cancer: a matched case - control study. J. Natl Cancer. Inst., 81, 1189-1190.
17. HAFSTRÖM L. (1986). Primary liver cancer in Sweden. Ann. Chir. Gynaecol., 200, (Suppl.) 11-12.
18. HARDELL L, BENGTSSON NO, JONSSON U, ERIKSSON S AND LARSSON LG. (1984). Aetiological aspects on primary liver cancer with special regard to alcohol, organic solvents, and acute intermittent porphyria - an epidemiological investigation. Br. J. Cancer, 50, 389-397.
19. HEY A AND ROCKELEIN G. (1985). Primary carcinoma of the liver in autopsy material. Fortschr. Med., 103, 238-242.
20. HSING AW, MCLAUGHLIN JK, HOOVER RN, CO CHIEN HT, BLOT WJ AND FRAUMENI JF. (1992). Parity and primary liver cancer among young women. J. Natl Cancer Inst., 84, 1118-1119.
21. JOHNSON PJ. (1987). The clinical features and natural history of malignant liver tumours. Baillieres Clin. Gastroenterol., 1, 17-34.
22. KACZYNSKI J AND WALLERSTEDT S. (1988). Registration of liver cancer data a study on the reliability of the Swedish Cancer Registry. Acta Oncol., 28, 716-717.
23. KACZYNSKI J, HANSSON G, NORKRANS G AND WALLERSTEDT S. (1991). Lack of correlation between hepatitis B virus infection and the increasing incidence of primary liver cancer in Sweden. Acta Oncol., 30, 811-813.
24. KARRAN S, LANE RHS, TOWNEND I AND DE LA HUNT M (1985). Calculous disease and cholecystitis. In Liver and Biliary Disease, 2nd edn., Wright R, Millward Sadler GH, Alberti KGMM and Karran S. (eds). pp. 1433-1462. Baillière Tindall: London.
25. LAMBE M, TRICHOPOULOS D, HSIEH C-C, EKBOM A AND PAVIA M. (1993). Parity and hepatocellular carcinoma. A population based study in Sweden. Int. J. Cancer, 55, 745-747.
26. LANDER JJ, STANLEY RJ, SUMNER HW, BOSWELL DC AND AACH RD. (1975). Angiosarcoma of the liver associated with Fowler's solution (potassium arsenite). Gastroenterology, 68, 1582-1586.
27. LAWSON DH, GRAY JMB, MCKILLOP C, CLARKE J, LEE FD AND PATRICK RS. (1986). Diabetes mellitus and primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Q. J. Med., 61, 945-955.
28. LEFKOWITCH JH. (1981). The epidemiology and morphology of primary malignant liver tumours. Surg. Clin. N. Am., 61, 169-180.
29. LIVER CANCER STUDY GROUP OF JAPAN (1990). Primary liver cancer in Japan. Ann. Surg., 211, 277-287.
30. NØRREDAM K. (1979). Primary carcinoma of the liver. Acta Pathol. Microbiol. Scand. (A), 87, 227-236.
31. OKA H, TAMORI A, KUROKI T, KOBAYASHI K AND YAMAMOTO S. (1994). Prospective study of α-fetoprotein in cirrhotic patients monitored for development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology, 19, 61-66.
32. OKUDA K, KUBO Y, OKAZAKI N, ARISHIMA T, HASHIMOTO M, JINNOUCHI S, SAWA Y, SHIMOKAWA Y, NAKAJIMA Y, NOGUCHI T, NAKANO M, KOJIRO M AND NAKASHIMA T. (1977). Clinical aspects of intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma including hilar carcinoma. Cancer, 39, 232-246.
33. OKUDA K, OBATA H, NAKAJIMA Y, OHTSUKI T, OKAZAKI N AND OHNISHI K. (1984). Prognosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology, 4, 3S-6S.
34. POLTERAUER P AND ULRICH W. (1982). Primary liver cancer; results of 268 autopsies. Onkologie, 5, 76-78.
35. POPPER H, THOMAS LB, TELLES NC, FALK H AND SELIKOFF IJ. (1978). Development of hepatic angiosarcoma in man induced by vinyl chloride, Thorotrast, and arsenic. Am. J. Pathol., 92, 349-376.
36. RESNICK RH AND KOFF R. (1993). Hepatitis C related hepatocellular carcinoma. Arch. Intern. Med., 153, 1672-1677.
37. SCHERSTÉN B. (1992). Epidemiologi vid typ 2 - diabetes (in Swedish). In Diabetes. Agardh, C-D, Berne C and Östman J. (eds). pp. 65-74. Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB.
38. SEEFF LB, BEEBE GW, HOOFNAGLE JH, NORMAN JE, BUSKELLBALES Z, WAGGONER JG, KAPLOWITZ N, KOFF RS, PETRINI JL, SCHIFF ER, SHOREY J AND STANLEY MM. (1987). A serological follow-up of the 1942 epidemic of post-vaccination hepatitis in the United Stales army. N. Engl. J. Med., 316, 965-970.
39. SIMONETTI RG, CAMMA C, FIORELLO F, POLITI F, D'AMICO G AND PAGLIARO L. (1991). Hepatocellular carcinoma. A worldwide problem and the major risk factors. Dig. Dis. Sic., 36, 962-972.
40. TAMBURRO CH AND LEE H-M. (1981). Primary hepatic cancer in alcoholics. Clin. Gastroenterol., 10, 457-477.
41. VITALE GC, HEUSER LS AND POLK HC. (1986). Malignant tumors of the liver. Surg. Clin. N. Am., 66, 723-741.
42. WATERHOUSE J, MUIR CS, SHANMUGARATMAN K AND POWELL J. (1982). Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol IV. International Agency for Research on Cancer: Lyon.
43. WIGHT DGD. (1982). Secondary carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and other primary liver tumours. In Atlas of Liver Pathology, Wight DGD. (ed.) pp. 167-181. MTP Lancaster: MTP Press.
44. YU MC, TONG MJ, GOVINDARAJAN S AND HENDERSON BE. (1991). Nonviral risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in a low-risk population, the non-Asians of Los Angeles county, California. J. Natl Cancer Inst., 83, 1820-1826.
45. ZAMAN SN, JOHNSON RD, JOHNSON PJ, MELIA WM, PORTMANN BC AND WILLIAMS R. (1985). Risk factors in development of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: prospective study of 613 patients. Lancet, 1, 1357-1360.