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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2021

The immunological and metabolic landscape in primary and metastatic liver cancer.

Xin Li, Pierluigi Ramadori, Dominik Pfister, Marco Seehawer, Lars Zender, Mathias Heikenwalder

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05546619 (Research on Effectiveness and Safety of the Treatment, Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Combined With Tislelizumab and Targeted Therapy, That is Used for High-risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma After R0 Resection), which is not on this map. Cited by 373 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05546619 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Research on Effectiveness and Safety of the Treatment, Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Combined With Tislelizumab and Targeted Therapy, That is Used for High-risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma After R0 Resection

TypeinterventionalSponsorSulai LiuRan2022 to 2025Enrolled30ConditionsHepatocellular CarcinomaArmsHIPEC+tislelizumab + targeted therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

373 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Apoptotic Gene Expression in HepG2 Cells Treated withInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. Prediagnostic Plasma Metabolite Profiles and Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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313 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xin Li *Division of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Pierluigi Ramadori *Division of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6581-9648
Dominik PfisterDivision of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0542-2638
Marco SeehawerDepartment of Medical Oncology and Pneumology (Internal Medicine VIII), University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0440-6967
Lars ZenderDepartment of Medical Oncology and Pneumology (Internal Medicine VIII), University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Mathias HeikenwalderDivision of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. m.heikenwaelder@dkfz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3135-2274

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver is the sixth most common site of primary cancer in humans, and generally arises in a background of cirrhosis and inflammation. Moreover, the liver is frequently colonized by metastases from cancers of other organs (particularly the colon) because of its anatomical location and organization, as well as its unique metabolic and immunosuppressive environment. In this Review, we discuss how the hepatic microenvironment adapts to pathologies characterized by chronic inflammation and metabolic alterations. We illustrate how these immunological or metabolic changes alter immunosurveillance and thus hinder or promote the development of primary liver cancer. In addition, we describe how inflammatory and metabolic niches affect the spreading of cancer metastases into or within the liver. Finally, we review the current therapeutic options in this context and the resulting challenges that must be surmounted.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsHumansLiver NeoplasmsNeoplasm MetastasisTumor Microenvironment

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