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Hepatocellular Carcinoma:

Targeted Therapy and Multidisciplinary Care

Kelly M. McMasters (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

415 Seiten

2010
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-60327-521-7 (ISBN)

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Targeted Therapy provides a detailed repository of the latest information regarding HCC epidemiology, diagnosis, imaging, pathology, staging, and treatment options. This volume also provides an up-to-date guide for treatment that explores not only traditional treatments, but newer investigational treatment options including, surgical resection, liver transplantation, ablation (radiofrequency, microwave), percutaneous ethanol or acetic acid injection, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), intra-arterial radiation therapy, and systemic chemotherapy. Heptocellular Carcinoma: Targeted Therapy will be of great value to all health care professionals and trainees worldwide who have an interest in the diagnosis and treatment of HCC, including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists.

Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of HCC.- HCC in patients without cirrhosis or hepatitis.-Pathology considerations.- Diagnosis of HCC: the role of imaging studies.- Screening Programs in High-Risk Populations.- Treatment Overview: Assembling a multidisciplinary team and selection of appropriate treatment options.- Evidence-based guidelines for treatment of HCC in Japan.- Liver Resection for HCC.- Portal Vein Embolization prior to resection.- Laparoscopic Liver Resection for HCC.- Liver Transplantation for HCC.- Resection and reconstruction of inferior vena cava and hepatic veins for advanced HCC.- Radiofrequency ablation for HCC.- Microwave ablation.- Transarterial Chemoembolization.- Intra-arterial chemotherapy bead therapy.- Radioactive microsphere therapy.-Targeted Therapies for HCC.- Systemic Therapy Options for HCC.- Patient follow-up strategies and salvage therapy for recurrence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	XV, 415 p.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hepatologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
ISBN-10	1-60327-521-5 / 1603275215
ISBN-13	978-1-60327-521-7 / 9781603275217
Zustand	Neuware