Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Tito Livraghi, Ospedale Civile, Milan
Masatoshi Makuuchi, University of Tokyo
Luigi Buscarini, Ospedale Civile, Piacenza
Masatoshi Makuuchi, University of Tokyo
Luigi Buscarini, Ospedale Civile, Piacenza
January 1998
Unavailable - out of print November 2008
Hardback
9781900151306
Out of Print
Hardback
The book is edited by a multidisciplinary team, with an international group of contributors. After discussing the basic and clinical aspects of HCC the main focus of the book is on diagnosis and therapy. The book is both authoritative and practical, providing expert guidance on the various techniques used in diagnosis, such as ultrasound, CT and MRI and the appropriate therapeutic options, for example, surgical resection, transcatheter therapies and radiofrequency ablation. It is fully illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white.
- Gives an authoritative account of the key diagnostic and therapeutic options available in HCC
- Offers practical guidance on treatment and staging of the disease
- International group of editors and contributors drawn from pathology, radiology, surgery and medicine
- Contains all the latest developments in imaging and therapy
- Illustrated in both colour and black and white
Product details
January 1998Hardback
9781900151306
0 pages
254 × 194 × 30 mm
1.442kg
Unavailable - out of print November 2008
Table of Contents
- Part 1. Basic Aspects:
- 1. Epidemiology
- 2. Etiology
- 3. Molecular basis
- 4. Pathology
- Part II. Clinical Aspects:
- 5. Clinical presentation
- 6. Natural history
- 7. Early detection and serum markers
- Part III. Diagnosis:
- 8. Ultrasonography: conventional
- 9. Ultrasonography: Doppler
- 10. Ultrasonography: intraoperative
- 11. Ultrasonography: contrast agents
- 12. Angiography
- 13. Computed tomography
- 14. Magnetic resonance imaging
- 15. Scintigraphy
- 16. Comparison of different imaging techniques
- 17. Laparoscopy
- 18. Computer assisted image management
- 19. Biopsy
- 20. Diagnostic guidelines
- 21. Staging
- Part IV. Treatment:
- 22. Surgical resection
- 23. Orthotopic liver transplantation
- 24. Chemoembolization
- 25. Percutaneous ethanol injection
- 26. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation
- 27. Cryosurgery
- 28. Chemotherapy
- 29. Radiotherapy
- 30. Multimodality treatments
- 31. Therapeutic guidelines
- Part V. Fibrolamellar HCC:
- 32. Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma.
