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Metastatic Carcinoma in the Liver

MedGen UID:
482989
Concept ID:
C3282903
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Metastatic carcinoma of liver; Metastatic carcinoma to liver; Metastatic Carcinoma to the Liver; Secondary carcinoma of liver
SNOMED CT: Secondary carcinoma of liver (1251486007); Metastatic carcinoma to liver (1251486007); Metastatic carcinoma of liver (1251486007)

Definition

A carcinoma that has spread to the liver from another primary anatomic site. Representative examples include metastatic carcinomas from the colon, breast, and lung. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Park JH, Kim JH
Clin Mol Hepatol 2019 Mar;25(1):12-20. Epub 2018 Oct 5 doi: 10.3350/cmh.2018.0067. PMID: 30300991Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Gillams AR
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Diagnosis

Wei Y, Yang M, Zhang M, Gao F, Zhang N, Hu F, Zhang X, Zhang S, Huang Z, Xu L, Zhang F, Liu M, Deng J, Cheng X, Xie T, Wang X, Liu N, Gong H, Zhu S, Song B, Liu M
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N Engl J Med 2019 Jun 20;380(25):e48. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1804137. PMID: 31216402
Park JH, Kim JH
Clin Mol Hepatol 2019 Mar;25(1):12-20. Epub 2018 Oct 5 doi: 10.3350/cmh.2018.0067. PMID: 30300991Free PMC Article
Pittman ME, Yantiss RK
Surg Pathol Clin 2018 Jun;11(2):453-466. Epub 2018 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2018.02.012. PMID: 29751885

Therapy

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Gillams AR
Br J Radiol 2004 Sep;77(921):713-23. doi: 10.1259/bjr/86761907. PMID: 15447955

Prognosis

Fournier JB, Testa EJ
N Engl J Med 2019 Jun 20;380(25):e48. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1804137. PMID: 31216402
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Gillams AR
Br J Radiol 2004 Sep;77(921):713-23. doi: 10.1259/bjr/86761907. PMID: 15447955

Clinical prediction guides

Gorji L, Brown ZJ, Limkemann A, Schenk AD, Pawlik TM
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Recent systematic reviews

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Hepatology 2020 Jul;72(1):315-329. doi: 10.1002/hep.31227. PMID: 32167613

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