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ArticleCancer medicine2021

Cancer registry study of malignant hepatic vascular tumors: hepatic angiosarcomas and hepatic epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas.

Constanza Martínez, Jonathan K Lai, Daryl Ramai, Antonio Facciorusso, Zu-Hua Gao

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma: a systematic review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024
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  4. [Analysis of clinicopathological features of 18 cases of hepatic angiosarcoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Constanza MartínezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0398-9806
Jonathan K LaiDepartment of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1816-3476
Daryl RamaiDepartment of Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Antonio FacciorussoDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Zu-Hua GaoDepartment of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
McGill University · CABrooklyn Hospital Center · USUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMalignant vascular tumors (MVTs) are rare and often misdiagnosed due to wide range of clinical presentations, varied histology, and exquisite imagining features. We aim to characterize two different types of MVTs of the liver: hepatic angiosarcomas (HA) and hepatic epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas (HEHE).

methodsData on HA and HEHE between 1975 and 2016 were extracted from the SEER database and analyzed.

resultsA total of 366 patients with HA were identified where 64.2% were male and 79% of White race. The median age at diagnosis was 64 ± 16.2 years. Distant metastasis was found in 24% of patients, regional disease in 22.1%, and localized disease in 21.3%. The median overall survival for HA was 2 months. For HEHE, 120 cases were identified, 32.5% were male and 80% of White race. The median age of diagnosis was 51 ± 16.8 years. Distant metastasis was found in 37.5% of patients, regional disease in 27.5%, and localized disease in 20%. The median overall survival was 182 months.

conclusionPatients' demographics such as race, age, and gender may assist in elucidating distinct subtypes of MVTs. HA is an aggressive tumor despite intervention. Patients with HEHE tumors have significantly better survival compared to patients with HA. Further studies are needed to deepen our knowledge about the histopathology of these tumors, the outcomes of liver transplantation as a therapeutic alternative, and available molecular targets for MVTs.

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FemaleHemangioendothelioma, EpithelioidHemangiosarcomaHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesVascular Neoplasmshepatic angiosarcomashepatic epithelioid hemangioendotheliomashepatic malignant vascular tumorsprognosisSEERsurgery

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PMID34850580
PMCPMC8683533
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