Extra-hepatic cancers in metabolic fatty liver syndromes
Amedeo Lonardo
Abstract
Compared to the history of NAFLD briefly summarized above, the notions that NAFLD and NAFLD-related metabolic conditions could also be a risk factor for the development of primary liver cancer (PLC) in a limited proportion of individuals are more recent (Table 1) [8-13].While it is logical and somewhat foreseeable that PLC may eventually develop in some individuals with NAFLD, more recent observations substantiate the probably unexpected theory that, further to PLCs, NAFLD
Topics & Concepts
Fatty liverMedicineInternal medicineMetabolic syndromeGastroenterologyObesityDiseaseLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismDiet, Metabolism, and Disease