Biliary tract and gallbladder cancer
Subtitle: diagnosis & therapy
By: edited by Charles R. Thomas Jr., Clifton David Fuller.
Contributors: Thomas, Charles R., 1957-; Fuller, Clifton David.
Publisher: Demos
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781933864426
Subjects: Biliary tract -- Cancer; Biliary Tract Neoplasms -- diagnosis; Biliary Tract Neoplasms -- therapy
Description: This book is a comprehensive and definitive discussion of all aspects of the treatment of malignant tumors of the gallbladder and biliary tract. This is the first book to examine these cancers in such depth, as rapid advances in surgical oncology and radiotherapeutic approaches have demanded the full coverage this text provides. The book progresses logically, with early chapters presenting the epidemiologic, pathologic, and pathogenetic characteristics of BT and GB lesions, followed by excellent discussions of clinical and radiologic diagnosis and staging. Finally, the full arsenal of therapeutic approaches is presented, from the local to systemic, established to experimental. Segments throughout detail the most current cutting-edge therapies, making the latest information readily available across a number of subdisciplines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology of gallbladder and biliary tract neoplasms / Clifton D. Fuller and Andrew K. Diehl; title: Role of growth factor signaling pathways / Kaoru Kiguchi and John DiGiovanni; title: Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of gallbladder cancer /  Iván Roa, Xabier de Aretxabala, and Ignacio I. Wistuba; title: Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of biliary tract cancer / Shahid A. Khan ... [et al.]; title: Novel biomarkers for biliary tract cancer / Ross C. Smith; title: Pathological staging of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer / Chen Liu and James M. Crawford; title: Overview of current diagnostic imaging strategies / Heljä Oikarinen; title: Imaging of hepatic transplantation for biliary tract cancer / Sridhar Shankar, Sathish Kumar Dundmadappa, and Shimul Shah; title: Magnetic resonance imaging / Alessandro Guarise and Giovanni Morana; title: Functional imaging / Antonio Rodríguez-Fernández, Manuel Gómez-Río, and José Manuel Llamas-Elvira; title: Computed tomography / Leonardo Marcal and Chitra Viswanathan; title: Radiofrequency ablation / Ronald S. Arellano; title: Chemoembolization / Kenneth J. Kolbeck and John Kaufman; title: Surgical management of intrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Richard R. Smith and John F. Gibbs; title: Surgical management of extrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Swee Teh, Kevin Billingsley, and Susan Orloff; title: Surgical management of gallbladder cancer / Rebecca J. McClaine, Syed A. Ahmad, and Andrew M. Lowy; title: Systemic therapy for biliary tract cancer / Bassel F. El-Rayes and Philip A. Philip; title: Radiation therapy / Brian G. Cczito and Clifton David Fuller; title: 3D-conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy / Joshua D. Lawson and Jerome C. Landry; title: Brachytherapy / Subir Nag, Kevin Forsythe, and Andrew Kennedy; title: Image-guided radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy / Laura A. Dawson and Martin Fuss; title: Symptom management and palliation / Eduardo da Silveira, Douglas Faigel, and M. Brian Fennerty; title: Future directions / Clifton David Fuller and Charles Thomas.