“…PHA has no specific etiologic agent in most patients, while exposure to vinyl chloride and ionizing radiation may be important risk factors (4,5). Clinically, PHA shows various symptoms, such as abdominal pain, anorexia, fatigue, weight loss, fever, low back pain, jaundice, hemoperitoneum and acute Original Article Clinical characteristics of primary hepatic angiosarcoma outcomes: a SEER database analysis hepatic failure, although these symptoms are nonspecific (6,7). Often, no specific symptoms are observed, and the levels of tumor markers are usually not elevated in the early stages of the disease, such as alpha fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), and cancer antigen 125 (CA125), making PHA difficult to diagnose (8).…”