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NEOPLASMS OF THE
GASTROINETESTINAL
TRACT
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Szalay
1st Department of Semmelweis University
Budapest
Budapest, 2005
Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Npls of GI tract continue to be the most
common malignant tumors
Esophagus
Stomach
Pancreas
Liver
Biliary tract
Small bowel
Colon
ESOPHAGUS
Squamous cell cc.
Adenocarcinoma
INCIDENCE
5/100.000
black men 4-5x more comonly affected
mail > femail
dramatic regional differences
in certain areas of China: incidence 1:1000
adenocarcinoma in western countries 
ESOPHAGUS
ETIOLOGY and PATHOGENESIS
Cause of squamous cell cc. is unknown
Enviromental factors: tobacco
alcohol abuse
lye ingestion, hot tea
radiation
long term stasis (achalasia)
Adenocarcinoma
association with Barrett’s
GERD
inherited disorder: tylosis
Normal
Barrett’s oesophagus
Barrett’s dysplasia
Columnar cells instead of squamous cells
Adenocarcinoma of esophagus
ESOPHAGUS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Dysphagia
Anorexia
Weight loss
Regurgitation
Fistula
Pain
Hoarsness
GI bleeding
solid food
2nd liquids
1st
 aspi ration  pneumonia
tracheooesophageal
due to impingement of laryngeal nerve
occult  iron deficient anemia
massive and fatal if erodes aorta
ESOPHAGUS
COMPLICATIONS
Silent
Symptomatic
Metastatic no serosal lining
metastasize early
to regional lymph nodes
ESOPHAGUS
DIAGNOSIS
Double contrast barium
Endoscopy
biopsy - cytology, histology
CT
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Radiographic evaluation
in suspected esophageal
cancer
Gastroesophageal junction
type II tumors
Esophageal cancer
AJCC Staging of Esophagus: TNM
Staging
Regional lymph nodes (N)
Nx
Regional lymph nodes cannot be assassed
N0
No regional lymph node metastasis
N1
Regional lymph node metastasis
Distant metastasis (M)
Mx
Distant metastasis cannot be assassed
M0
No distant metastasis
M1
Distant metastasis
Tumors of lower or upper esophagus
M1a
Metastasis in nonregional lymph node
M1b
Distant metastasis (eg: liver, bone, brain)
Tumors of middle esophagus
M1a
Not applicable
M1b
Metastasis in nonregional lymph node or distant metastasis (eg: liver,
bone, brain)
AJCC Staging of Esophagus: TNM
Staging
Stage
Tumor
Node
Metastasis
Stage 0
Stage I
Tis
T1
T2
T3
T1
T2
T3
T4
Any T
Any T
Any T
N0
N0
N0
N0
N1
N1
N1
Any N
Any N
Any N
Any N
M0
M0
M0
M0
M0
M0
M0
M0
M1
M1a
M1b
Stage IIA
Stage IIB
Stage III
Stage IV
Stage IV A
Stage IV B
ESOPHAGUS
TREATMENT
Surgical resection: cure only in10-30%
Palliation: radiation
plastic tube (prosthesis)
metal stent
dilatation endoscopic
laser
thermal
Resected esophageal
specimen
CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH
INCIDENCE and predisposing factors
Adenocarcinoma > 90% of malignant tumors of the stomach
Since 1940s unexplained decrease in incidence
Marked variation: High rate in Japan,
South America,
Eastern Europe
Following emigration 
 very slowly 
Helicobacter pylori
Diet
high salt and nitrates
Pernicious anemia - atrophic gastritis
CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Clinical presentation depends on
morphologic characteristics: infiltrating or ulcerating
size of the tumor
presence of gastric outlet obstruction
metastatic or nonmetastatic
Pain
Nausea and vomiting
Anorexia
Iron deficiency anemia
Paraneoplastic signs
CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH
DIAGNOSIS
Upper endoscopy
BIOPSY  histology
Endoscopic sonography
Double contrast barium
CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH
TREATMENT and PROGNOSIS
Surgery
only 1/3 are resectable for cure
Curative
for early gastric cancer
Survival for most patients< 5%
LYMPHOMA OF THE STOMACH
Relatively uncommon
<15% of gastric malignancies
2% of all lymphomas
most frequent extranodal site for lymphoma
increased in frequency durint the past 25 ys
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (vast majority)
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is uncommon
MALT (mucosa associated lymphoid tissue) - H.p.
Treatment: Subtotal gastrectomy, combination chemotherapy,
Helicobacter pylori eradication
GASTRIC (NONLYMPHOID) SARCOMA OF
THE STOMACH
Leiomyosarcoma
GIST (Gastrointestinal stromal tumor)
1-3% of gastric npls.
All such tumors should be analyzed for mutation in the ckit receptor
GISTs are unresponsive to conventional chemotherapy
50% respond to imatinib mesylate (Gleevec),
a selective inhibitor of the c-kit tyrosinase kinase
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
INCIDENCE and predisposing factors
3rd most comon cc. in men, 2nd in women
3rd most common cause of cancer death
CRC is 15% of all malignant tumors
More comon in developed countries
Emigrants get the risk characteristic for new enviroment
Role of diet
Genetic factors
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
RISK FACTORS
Increasing age
Inflammatory bowel disease (UC)
Personal history of colon cancer or adenoma
Family history of colon cancer
Familial polyposis syndromes (adenomatous polyps)
History of breast or female genital cancer
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (hamartomas)
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
ETIOLOGY and PATHOGENESIS
Enviromental factors
Diet low in fiber
Diet high in animal fat and protein
Toxic bile acids (role of colonic bacteria)
Role of different factors:
calcium, vitamin-D
selenium
COX system
Unknown ?? Oncogens
Genetic factors
Low fiber → High concentration of gut bile acids (low dilution and prolonged
contact through lack of bulk) and fecal mutagens / carcinogensis
High concentration of bile and metabolits → Promoting effect in colon
carcinogenesis
Mechanisms under study
Fried food → Mutagens → Colon carcinogenesis?
Role of fecal flora? Role of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants) and
different types of fiber in production and metabolism of carcinogens, bile
acids, promoters?
Specific role of calcium (formation of insoluable calcium phosphate / bile
acids? Direct effect on proliferation?)
Mechanisms of promotion?
Genes altered in colon cancer
Gene
Chromosome
Sporadic tumors
with alterations, Class
%
Function
K-ras
12
50
Protooncogene
Signal
transduction
APC
5
60
Tumor supressor
?Cell adhesion
DCC
18
70
Tumor supressor
?Cell adhesion
17
75
Tumor supressor
Cell cycle control
(G1/S arrest)
2
DNA Mismatch
repair
Maintains fidelity
of DNA
replication
3
DNA Mismatch
repair
Maintains fidelity
of DNA
replication
p53
hMSH2
hMLH1
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Few early warning signs
Depend on location, size, bleeding tendency
GI blood loss occult blood
melaena
hematochezia
Alteration of bowel habits (left sided or distal tumors)
Owerflow diarrhea (severe but incomplete obstruction)
Abdominal pain
(uncommon, obstuction related)
Weight loss, anorexia (nonspecific, appear late)
Perforation, malignant ascites, liver metastasis
Colonic obstruction from a carcinoma of the transverse colon
Dilated small and large
bowel proximal to the
lesion
Collapsed bowel
distal to the obstructing
carcinoma
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
DIAGNOSIS
History:Should be suspected
over age 40 with symptoms of GI blood loss, etc.
Digital rectal examination
Double-contrast barium enema
Colonoscopy
Biopsy
Carcinoembrionic antigen (CEA) useful in
follow-up surgery to detect recurrence
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
TREATMENT and PROGNOSIS
Surgery
remove tumor and adjacent colon and mesentery
preoperative CT to exclude synchronous colon tu.
and metastases
procedure depends on location of the tumor
save sphyncter ani if possible
Radiation
Chemotherapy (5-FU, irinotecan, cysplatin)
Palliative
Follow-up after surgery
CARCINOMA OF THE COLON
SCREENING AND PREVENTION
Link between adenomatous polyps and cancer !
Testing for occult fecal blood over age 40-50 y
Colonoscopy over age 50 y
Colonoscopy in high risk population
Diet
POLYPS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Overgrowth of tissue, usually of epithelial cells, that
arises from the mucosal surface and extends into the
lumen of the GI tract
single
or
sporadic
or
pedunculated (stalk) or
neoplastic
or
benign
or
multiple
familial
sessile (flat base)
non-neoplastic
malignant
May occure enywhere throughout the GI tract
Large
pedunculated
polyp
Pedunculated polyps
Large
sessile
polyp
POLYPS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
INCIDENCE
Adenomatous colonic polyps are very comon
Increase with age
50 year-old 20% chance
70 year-old 40% chance
Patients with one polyp
 have higher frequency of synchronous P.
 greater potential for additional P. over time
POLYPS OF THE COLON
Neoplastic Polyps
Bening adenomatous polyps (tubular, mixed or villous)
Random occurences
Familial- familial polyposis of the colon
Gardner’s syndrome
Turcot’s syndrome, family cancer syndrome
Malignant polyps- carcinomatous changes, in situ or invasive
Tubular adenoma of
the colon
Tubulovillous adenoma
Tubulovillous
adenoma
Percent of adenomas containing invasive cancer
Adenoma size, cm
POLYPS OF THE COLON
Neoplastic Polyps
Bening adenomatous polyps (tubular, mixed or villous)
Random occurences
Familial- familial polyposis of the colon
Gardner’s syndrome
Turcot’s syndrome, family cancer syndrome
Malignant polyps- carcinomatous changes, in situ or invasive
Non-Neoplastic Polyps
Inflammatory „pseudopolyps”
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - hamartomas
Mucosal polyps with normal epithelium
Juvenile polyps
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal
cancer
Three or more relatives with colorectal cancer
(one must be first-degree relative of other two)
Colorectal cancer involving at least two generations
One or more colorectal cancer cases before age 50
Characteristics
Mean age at diagnosis, y
Multiple colon cancers, %
Synchronous
Metachronous
Proximal location, %
Excess malignancies at other sites
Mucinous and poorly differentiated
cancers
RER + %
HNPCC
44.6
34.5
18.1
24.3
72.3
Yes
Sporadic
67
4-11
3-6
1-5
35
No
Common
Infrequent
79
17
Cutaneous manifestations of gastrointestinal tract
polyposis syndromes
Familial adenomatous polyposis and Gardner's syndrome
Epidermoid cysts
Desmoid tumors
Pigmented lesions
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Mucocutaneous pigmentation
Multiple hamartoma syndrome (Cowden's disease)
Trichilemmomas
Oral mucosal papillomatosis
Cowden's fibroma
Acral keratoses
Muir-Torre syndrome
Sebaceous hyperplasia
Sebaceous adenomas
Sebaceous epithelioma
Sebaceous carcinoma
Multiple keratoacanthomas
TUMORS OF THE LIVER
Benign
Tumor-like
Malignant
Metastatic
TUMORS OF THE LIVER
Benign
Hemangioma
Hepatocellular adenoma
Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)
Biliary truct adenoma
Intrahepatic cytadenoma
TUMORS OF THE LIVER
Tumor-like
Soliter cysts
Polycystic liver
Echinococcus cyst
Liver abscess
Haematoma
Hamartoma
TUMORS OF THE LIVER
Malignant
Hepatocellularis carcinoma
Fibrolamellar carcinoma
Hepatoblastoma
Cholangiocarcinoma
Angiosarcoma
Metastatic
From any organ except brain
PBC talaján, a diagnózis után 18 évvel kialakult HCC
A szérum AFP értéke a halál előtt 3480 ng/ml volt (norm: 0-15 ng/ml)
Immunhisztológiai vizsgálat: a piros foltok jelzik az AFP pozitivitást
Polycystás máj
1 cm
Májmetastasis különböző megjelenései