Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Regge, Daniele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zamboni, Giulia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Cancer Dissemination Pathways,
• Subjects: Radiology.; Oncology .; Gastroenterology .; Abdominal surgery.; Imaging / Radiology.; Oncology.; Gastroenterology.; Abdominal Surgery.

This book describes the pathways of dissemination of primary liver, biliary, and pancreatic neoplasms and proposes a practical and clinically driven approach to their imaging. The typical dissemination pathways for hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, exocrine pancreatic carcinoma, and neur...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Morphopathological (and genetic?) drivers of cancer spread
• Pathways of diffusion: the anatomy
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Exocrine pancreatic carcinoma
• Neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours
• Unusual dissemination pathways
• Concluding remarks.