Synopses & Reviews
Liver Cancer provides the general surgeon, surgical oncologist, and medical oncologist with the most current standard of multimodality care for hepatobiliary cancer. Surgical approaches, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, and radiotherapy are all presented.
Synopsis
Liver Cancer, the inaugural volume in the M.D. Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series, provides the general surgeon, surgical oncologist, and medical oncologist with the most up-to-date and current standard of multimodality care for hepatobiliary cancer. Surgical approaches, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, and radiotherapy are all presented, giving the practitioner a much needed, comprehensive perspective on all aspects of patient care. The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series features cutting-edge, indepth information of vital interest to all practitioners in today's captitated financial milieu. Providers must understand how their component of care interdigitates with the varied medical and surgical teams and apply multimodality approaches to their practice environments.
Table of Contents
Imaging studies for hepatobiliary tumors; Surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma; Chemotherapeutic treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma; The use of chemoradiation in the management of cholargiocarcinoma; Alternative treatment approaches in patients with early state of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma confined to the liver; Treatment of cholangiocarcinoma; Diagnosis and treatment of primary gallbladder cancer; Hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastases; Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for colorectal cancer metastases to the liver; Cryosurgery for hepatic malignancies; Hepatectomy for noncolorectal liver metastases; Biology of colorectal cancer liver metastasis; Gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma.