Primary Liver Cancer: Surveillance, Diagnosis and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9781627038751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str.

Nancy Reau; Fred Poordad

Opis

Primary Liver Cancer: Surveillance, Diagnosis and Treatment focuses on the many therapies rapidly evolving to assist with controlling hepatocellular carcinoma as well as emerging technologies to assist in early diagnosis as well as prevention. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date information for diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, epidemiology, staging, recurrence and prevention. This volume will serve as a useful resource for clinical gastroenterologists, hepatologists, oncologists, pathologists, and physicians who treat patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Recenzje

From the reviews:
"The aim is to focus on a multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. ... The audience includes clinical gastroenterologists, hepatologists, oncologists, pathologists, and primary care physicians who treat patients with chronic liver disease at risk of developing liver cancer as well as those diagnosed with primary liver cancer. ... This excellent book clearly exemplifies the multidisciplinary approach that is required for successful management of patients with HCC." (Doody's Review Service, 2012)

Spis treści

01. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Etiology and Natural History
 Tinsay A. Woreta and James P. Hamilton,

02. Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
 Reezwana Chowdhury and Rohit Satoskar

03. Radiologic Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
 Stephen Thomas and Aytekin Oto

04. Pathology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
 Shriram Jakate and Deborah Giusto

05. Differential Diagnosis of Focal Hepatic Lesions
 Russell N. Wesson and Andrew M. Cameron

06. Paraneoplastic Syndromes
 Ayman Koteish

07. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Children
 Christiane Sokollik, Abha Gupta, and Simon Ling

08. Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
 Chalermrat Bunchorntavakul, Maarouf Hoteit, and K. Rajender Reddy

09. Liver Anatomy and Function in the Planning of Hepatic Interventions
 Nicholas N. Nissen and Alagappan Annamalai

10. Treatment of HCC: Resection, Local-Regional Therapy, Systemic therapy and Liver Transplantation
 Nate Susnow, Talia Baker, and Laura Kulik

11. Recurrence:  Prevention and Management
 Natasha Chandok and Paul Marotta

12. The Impact of Treating Chronic Liver Diseases on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prevention 
 Narayan Dharel and Daryl T.Y. Lau

13. Emerging Serum Biomarkers of HCC 
 Anjana A. Pillai, and Claus J. Fimmel

14. Emerging therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma 
 Renumathy Dhanasekaran and Roniel Cabrera