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Hepatocellular carcinoma

Última revisão: 2 Dec 2025
Última atualização: 04 Mar 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • history of cirrhosis
  • history of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV)
  • history of chronic heavy alcohol use
  • history of diabetes or obesity
  • family history of liver cancer
  • older age
  • hepatomegaly
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • abdominal distension
  • esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding
  • right upper quadrant abdominal pain
  • early satiety
  • weight loss
  • lower extremity edema
  • hepatic encephalopathy
  • cachexia
  • jaundice
  • splenomegaly
  • asterixis
  • spider nevi
  • palmar erythema
  • periumbilical collateral veins
  • fetor hepaticus
  • diarrhea
  • paraneoplastic syndrome
  • bone pain
  • severe abdominal pain
  • obstructive jaundice
  • enlarged hemorrhoidal veins
  • vascular bruit
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Fatores de risco

  • cirrhosis
  • chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection
  • chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection
  • chronic heavy alcohol use
  • diabetes
  • obesity
  • family history of liver cancer
  • aflatoxin exposure
  • thorium dioxide radioactive contrast exposure
  • hemochromatosis
  • cigarette smoking
  • alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  • porphyria cutanea tarda
  • primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)
  • primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
  • use of androgenic steroids
  • use of oral contraceptives
  • male sex
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • complete blood count
  • basic metabolic panel
  • liver function tests
  • prothrombin time/INR
  • viral hepatitis panel
  • alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
  • ultrasound of liver
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • contrast CT scan of abdomen
  • contrast MRI of abdomen
  • liver biopsy
  • computed tomography scan of chest
  • bone scan
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage 0-A (very early 0 or early disease A): possible surgical candidate (good liver function)

BCLC stage 0-A (very early 0 or early disease A): nonhepatic resection candidate

BCLC stage B: intermediate disease

BCLC stage C: advanced disease

BCLC stage D: end-stage disease

CONTÍNUA

recurrence

Colaboradores

Autores

Doan Y Dao, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Center of Excellence for Liver Disease in Vietnam

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of GI & Hepatology

Baltimore

MD

Declarações

DYD receives grants from Roche, Fujifilm Medical System, and DELFI Diagnostics; serves as Guest Director of Hepatology for Tech University; and is a member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board of IQVIA.

Ngoc-Thai Truong, MD, MS

Research Assistant

Vietnam Viral Hepatitis Alliance

Reston

VA

Declarações

NTT declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Doan Y Dao and Dr Ngoc-Thai Truong would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Qingyao Daniel Huang, Dr Margaret Li Peng Teng, Dr Poh Seng Tan, Dr Badar Muneer, and Dr Smruti R. Mohanty, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

QDH declares that he has no competing interests. MLPT declares that she has no competing interests. PST has received sponsorship/honorarium from Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd and Sirtex for attending conferences, delivering lectures, and participating in advisory board meetings. BM declares that he has no competing interests. SRM serves as a speaker for Bristol-Myers Squibb regarding the use of entecavir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.

Revisores

Srikrishna Nagri, MD

Gastroenterologist

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua

Nashua

NH

Declarações

SN declares that he has no competing interests.

Ned Snyder, MD, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston

TX

Declarações

NS declares that he has no competing interests.

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Principais artigos

Singal AG, Llovet JM, Yarchoan M, et al. AASLD practice guidance on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2023 Dec 1;78(6):1922-65.Texto completo  Resumo

Vogel A, Cervantes A, Chau I, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2018 Oct 1;29 (suppl 4):iv238-55.Texto completo  Resumo

European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL clinical practice guidelines: management of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2018 Jul;69(1):182-236.Texto completo  Resumo

Su GL, Altayar O, O'Shea R, et al. AGA clinical practice guideline on systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2022 Mar;162(3):920-34.Texto completo  Resumo

Gordan JD, Kennedy EB, Abou-Alfa GK, et al. Systemic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: ASCO guideline update. J Clin Oncol. 2024 May 20;42(15):1830-50.Texto completo  Resumo

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