Overview
- Captures the recent exciting changes in the understanding of diagnostic methods, novel therapeutics and the day-to-day management of hepatocellular cancer
- Discusses changes in evaluation of tumor responses to therapy while presenting new paradigms on how to assess these therapeutic responses
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology (CCO)
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About this book
Hepatocellular cancer is the fifth most common cancer, with 600,000 new cases reported each year worldwide. Additionally, exciting changes in the science of HCC in the last four years have turned the practice of diagnosing and treating the disease upside down. In Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition, the leading experts in the field of HCC thoroughly update and expand upon the critically acclaimed first edition with all the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer. The book 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. New chapters discuss the introduction into clinical practice of cell cycle growth inhibitors, an expanded knowledge of Genomics and Proteomics, and novel ways of delivering intra-hepatic chemotherapy. This cutting-edge text is a vital resource and must have for today’s hepatologists and medical and surgical oncologists.
Reviews
"This is a well written text and should be a good reference book for those who see patients with HCC.." - Practical Gastroenterology
"...a useful tool for both physicians and surgeons with a specific interest in the management of patients with HCC." - Digestive and Liver Disease
“This is a well-written comprehensive review of how to diagnose and treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). … The book targets a wide audience, which parallels the multidisciplinary approach to this disease, of experts in pathology, clinical pharmacology, interventional radiology, hepatology, drug developmental experts, liver transplant experts, surgical oncology, and medical oncology. … This is an excellent book, very comprehensive and detailed.” (Halla Nimeiri, Doody’s Review Service, January, 2010) Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: “... lnternational namhafte Autoren stellen in 25 übersichtlichen und gut strukturierten Kapiteln den derzeitigen Wissensstand zum hepatozellulären Karzinom dar. ... Den überwiegenden Anteil des Buches nimmt dann die Darstellung der verschiedenen therapeutischen Ansätze ein. ... Die Darstellung der Inhalte erfolgt sehr detailliert und dennoch übersichtlich. ... Am Ende jedes Kapitels steht eine umfassende und aktuelle Aufstellung der zitierten Literatur. ... ‘Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Diagnosis and Treatment‘ ist ein sehr ernpfehlenswertes, aktuelles und übersichtliches Buch … Hervorzuheben ist die klare, didaktisch hervorragend gelungene Gliederung der einzelnen Kapitel ...“ (PD DR. Nektarios Dikopoulos, in: Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie, February/2010, Issue 2, S. 353)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Book Subtitle: Diagnosis and Treatment
Editors: Brian I. Carr
Series Title: Current Clinical Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-376-3
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-376-3Published: 03 October 2009
Series ISSN: 2364-1134
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1142
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 416
Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Hepatology, Interventional Radiology, Gastroenterology