Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Targeted Therapy and Multidisciplinary Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: McMasters, Kelly M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Interventional radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.; Interventional Radiology.

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, bu...

Table of Contents:

• 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.