1. Liceo scientifico Francesco Redi
Liver cancer
Riccardo Castiglia
Prof.ssa Vannuccini

2. Liver structure Principal components PORTAL VEIN HEPATIC LOBUL
HEPATIC ARTERY

3. Liver functions Production of bile Production of enzymes
Metabolis functios(glucogenesis,gliconelosis,glicogenosintesis)
Protein metabolism
Synthesis of cholesterol and tryglyceridis
Detoxification

4. Liver cancer (epatocarcinoma)
Secondary
Primary (primitivo)
MALICIOUS
This comes from
metastases
HEPATOCARCINOMA
COLANGIOCARCINOMA
BENIGN
HEMANGIOMA
SIMPLE ADENOMA

5. SPREAD WORLDWIDE The liver cancer rapresents the third principal cause
of tumor death,
after lugs and stomach cancer
WEST
5 people on
100’000 meet
liver cancer
AFRICA
110 people on
100’000 meet
liver cancer,
especially in
Mozambigo
EAST
30 people on
100’000 meet
liver cancer

6. Causes 60% hepatitis cirrhosis 25% viral hepatitis 10% hemacromatosis
5% Sex ; age; heredity; alcool; smoke; drugs

7. Symptoms HEPATOMEGALY ADDOMINAL PAIN JAUNDICE SPLEEN ENLARGED CIRROSIS
(liver enlarged)
ADDOMINAL
PAIN
(it often results in
peritonitis)
JAUNDICE
(yellowing coloration of the
skin)
SPLEEN ENLARGED
CIRROSIS
(it often causes
weight loss and
fever)
ASCITES

8. Treatemet Surgery ( successefull of 25%)
Liver transplantation(successefull of 24%)
Chemioterapy (successefull of 35%)
Interior residential treatments (successefull of 15 %)
Chemioembolization (successefull of 14%)
SURVIVAL
Percentage taken from AIOM (italian associatio of medical oncology)
In Italy: the 17% of men and 16% of women, that have met that neoplasms, are still in life after 5 years from the diagnosis

9. GRAZIE PER L’ATTENZIONE!!!!!