An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine A Use-Case with Hepatocellular Carcinoma /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berliner, Leonard (Editor), Lemke, Heinz U. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, 8
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health informatics.; Hepatology.; Oncology.; Data mining.; Computer simulation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Informatics.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Simulation and Modeling.

This book explores how PPPM, clinical practice, and basic research could be best served by information technology (IT). A use-case was developed for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The subject was approached with four interrelated tasks: (1) review of clinical practices relating to HCC; (2) propose...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• The Digital Patient Model and Model Guided Therapy
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Patient Assessment
• Imaging in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Radiologic Assessment
• Imaging in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: PET/CT
• Personalized Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Surgical Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.-  Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation Technologies
• Chapter 9  Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation Therapies
• Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer:Catheter-Directed Therapies
• Radiation Oncology in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Design of an IT System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Outlook and Expert Recommendations for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.