摘要
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is a growing health problem in humans.HCC is considered the most common of internal malignancy which cause the death of human,but in the developed Western world,HCC is less common accompanied by increasing essentially in incidence,due to it occurs specially in chronic liver disease.HCC associated with various risk factors including hepatitis B virus infection;hepatitis C virus infection;prolonged aflatoxin exposure;and alcoholic cirrhosis.Overall,one-third of cirrhosis patients will develop HCC during their life time.Also,chemical carcinogens cause tumor promotions through free radical metabolites result in many biochemical and molecular changes that induces oxidative stress.The identify of HCC stage and underlying liver status then choosing the most appropriate line of therapy(surgical,loco regional,radiological and medical)can be improve the survival and/or the quality of life of the patient.Taken into the account of the nutritional value of some natural antioxidant agents that support the function of the body resulting an improvement of the health and protection from different diseases,our review will provide an up-dated status of the different aspects of HCC management through covering the efficacy and the beneficial effects of different natural agents and their mechanism of action against HCC for the future therapy modalities.
