Brian I. Carr

Understanding Liver Cancer

A Tale of Two Diseases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Liver Cancer is a concise and up-to-date review, which discusses diagnosis, management, patient care, current and emerging therapies, and useful resources that clinicians can provide to their patients. Busy healthcare professionals who want a quick review of liver cancer as well as a summary of current therapies will benefit from this succinct text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Healthcare / Springer Healthcare Ltd. / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-910315-01-9
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 210mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 192g
• ISBN-13: 9781910315019
• ISBN-10: 191031501X
• Artikelnr.: 40870831

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to hepatocellular carcinoma-Introduction, incidence and geography, causes of hepatocellular carcinoma, prevention, surveillance screening, biology of human hepatocellular carcinoma.2. Clinical disease evaluation- Diagnosis A: Radiology, Diagnosis B: Blood tests, tumor markers, Diagnosis C: Biopsy - a debate, assessment of tumour extent for treatment planning: staging classifications, the new patient assessment.3. Management of hepatocellular carcinoma- General treatment choices, therapies with curative intent, non-curative therapies, systemic drugs, assessment of responses to therapy: what do tumor size responses signify?4. The whole patient setting- Therapy decisions for the individual patient: importance of a multidisciplinary team approach, psychosocial considerations, family, support groups.5. New directions6. Addendum- Abbreviations, extended.