Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini Related Cholangiocarcinoma
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Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini Related Cholangiocarcinoma

Liver Fluke Related Cholangiocarcinoma

Herausgegeben: Khuntikeo, Narong; Andrews, Ross H.; Petney, Trevor N.; Khan, Shahid A.
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This volume discusses new developments in the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma induced by the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Although cholangiocarcinoma is rare in the Western world, it has a very high incidence in continental Southeast Asian countries, where it is linked to infection with O. viverrini. In Southeast Asia this cancer causes thousands of deaths every year and places a severe socioeconomic burden on the affected families. Diagnosis is usually at a late disease stage, and in the past palliative surgery and care have been the major therapeutic options. ...