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1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Clinical Dilemmas inPrimary LiverCancer; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part 1: Learning from a Worldwide Perspective; 1 Are patterns and prevalence changing?; 2 Why is the tumour different in Africa?; 3 Control by vaccination: Asian and Taiwan experience; 4 The view from the United Kingdom; 5 The view from the United States; 6 New challenges of the NAFLD and HIV epidemics; Part 2: Influence of Tumour Characteristics; 7 Controversies in pathology; 8 Not to forget the unusual tumour; 9 What can be learned from molecular diagnostic techniques and genetic signatures? |
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Part 3: Complexities of Patient Assessment and Scoring Systems10 Looking after the liver as well as the tumour; 11 Comparative performances of staging systems for hepatocellular cancer: early HCC considerations; 12 Rival scoring systems: do they offer more?; 13 Is it possible to detect early lesions effectively?; 14 What is the value of country-based surveillance programmes?; Part 4: Choice of Radiological Diagnostic Technique; 15 Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma; 16 Is Microbubble ultrasound useful?; 17 Value of PET scanning |
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Part 5: Can Treatment be Tailored to the Patient?18 Who could benefit from chemoembolisation?; 19 Are drug-eluting beads worth using?; 20 What is the future of image-guided radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma?; 21 Alternative ablation techniques for hepatocellular carcinoma; 22 Justification for sorafenib and chemotherapy; 23 When to consider surgery?; 24 Transplant considerations; Part 6: What Does the Future Hold?; 25 Dipstick markers for diagnosis: feasible or not?; 26 Targeted gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a reality?; 27 Is immune modulation a possibility? |
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28 Systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: future directionsIndex; Colour plate section can be found facing page 86 |
| Summary |
Clinical Dilemmas in Liver Cancer follows the successful format of the other books in the Clinical Dilemmas series, with each chapter focused on a specific dilemma, or issue facing doctors in their day-to-day job, and providing them with practical clinical information and help to better assessment and treat their patients - in this case patients suffering from liver cancer, the third commonest cancer in terms of mortality worldwide. Chapters feature up-to-date information on the basic mechanisms, epidemiological risk factors, screening and surveillance strategies, diagnosis and treatment. It is |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Liver -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
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Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular -- diagnosis
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular -- therapy
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Hepatitis, Viral, Human
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Risk Factors
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Liver -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
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Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taylor-Robinson, Simon D
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| ISBN |
9781119962175 |
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111996217X |
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