Hepatocellular cancer
Subtitle: diagnosis and treatment
By: edited by Brian I. Carr.
Contributors: Carr, Brian I.
Series: Current clinical oncology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Liver -- Cancer.; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular -- therapy.; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular -- diagnosis.
Description: A fully synthesized practical approach to hepatocellular cancer (HCC) patient management by members of the university of Pittsburgh's renowned Liver Cancer Center. Their presentation includes all the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer. A summary chapter details for physicians the diagnostic and therapeutic decision making process for dealing with such problems as incidental tumors in the liver transplant, the role of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, intra-arterial vs. intravenous therapy, the uses of embolization, and the significance of portal vein thrombus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Etilology and epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma / Jawad Ahmad and Mordechai Rabinovitz; title: Molecular mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma: insights to therapy / Marie C. DeFrances and George K. Michalopoulos; title: Clinical features and diagnostic evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma / David A. Sass and Kapil B. Chopra; title: Pathologic aspects of hepatocellular tumors / Hale Kirimlioglu, Anthony J. Demetris, and Michael A. Nalesnik; title: Use of imaging techniques to screen for hepatocellular carcinoma / Michael P. Federle; title: Radiologic evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma / Michael P. Federle and Michael J. Payne; title: Percutaneous ethanol and acetic acid ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma / Vibhu Kapoor and F. Leland Thaete; title: Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma / Martin Goodman and David A. Geller; title: Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma; title: Katsuhiko Yanaga ... [et al.]; title: Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma / Andrew Bonham ... [et al.]; title: Interventional radiology techniques for intra-arterial chemo-embolization / Nikhil B. Amesur, Albert B. Zajko, and Philip D. Orons; title: Medical therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma / Brian I. Carr; title: Radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma / Andrew S. Kennedy; title: Putting it all together: practical guidelines and considerations for physicians / Brian I. Carr, J. Wallis Marsh, and David A. Geller.