A clinicopathological review of 100 cases of primary malignant tumours of the liver.
One hundred cases of primary malignant tumour of the liver coming to necropsy in the period 1900-1969 have been reviewed. The overall tumour incidence was 0.46% of all necropsies. The overall tumour incidence in hepatic cirrhosis was 12.3%, but the corresponding male and female incidences were 17.5 and 4.4% respectively. There was no significantly increased tumour incidence in haemochromatosis. An increasing incidence of primary malignant tumours of the liver has been noted since 1940 and appears to be due to a corresponding increase in incidence of hepatic cirrhosis. Hepatocellular carcinomas outnumbered cholangiocarcinomas by 8 to 1, were more common in males than females (6 to 1), and in 77% of cases occurred in cirrhotic livers. Tumours supervened as a complication of macronodular or predominantly macronodular cirrhotic patterns.
D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001344:Autopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors