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ReviewCancers2025

Role of Vascular Liver Diseases in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development.

Lucia Giuli, Valeria De Gaetano, Giulia Venturini, Ersilia Arvonio, Marco Murgiano, Antonio Gasbarrini, Francesco Santopaolo, Francesca Romana Ponziani

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucia GiuliLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.
Valeria De GaetanoLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giulia VenturiniLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.
Ersilia ArvonioLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marco MurgianoDipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Universitaà Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-5578-0854
Antonio GasbarriniLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6230-1779
Francesco SantopaoloLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.
Francesca Romana PonzianiLiver Unit, Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente (CEMAD), Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5924-6238

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a frequent complication of various liver diseases, occurring with or without underlying cirrhosis. While cirrhosis and chronic liver inflammation are well-established major drivers of hepatocarcinogenesis, HCC can also develop in patients with vascular liver diseases (VLDs), highlighting an alternative pathway of disease progression. Alterations in liver perfusion appear to underlie the process of carcinogenesis. However, the specific molecular mechanisms involved in this process as well as the clinical presentation and imaging features of HCC in the most common VLDs are still a matter of debate. This review aims to evaluate the available literature on the topic to provide a deeper comprehension and analysis of current knowledge about the relation between VLDs and HCC. Specifically, we investigate how HCC affects VLDs such as Budd-Chiari syndrome, Fontan-associated liver disease, congenital portosystemic shunts, cavernous transformation of the portal vein, and porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder. Exploring the pathogenetic mechanisms and diagnostic challenges in HCC related to VLDs may have important therapeutic implications, helping to define targeted treatments for this poorly understood medical entity.

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Budd–Chiari syndromecavernous transformation of the portal veincongenital portosystemic shuntsFontan-associated liver diseasehepatocellular carcinomaporto-sinusoidal vascular disordertumorigenesisvascular liver diseases

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PMID40647361
PMCPMC12248523

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