Multi-Treatment Modalities of Liver Tumours [Paperback]

Cancer is one of the major health problems of our time and liver cancer is responsible for over one million deaths per year world-wide, making it the fourth most common cause of death from cancer. Surgical resection of the tumour(s) is the treatment of choice and offers the only chance of prolonged survival. Yet the best attempts are often frustrated by either advanced or co-existent disease that renders the patient non-resectable. This book tackles the many options available to doctors and patients in an attempt to combat this desperate disease.Cancer is one of the major health problems of our time and liver cancer is responsible for over one million deaths per year world-wide, making it the fourth most common cause of death from cancer. Surgical resection of the tumour(s) is the treatment of choice and offers the only chance of prolonged survival. Yet the best attempts are often frustrated by either advanced or co-existent disease that renders the patient non-resectable. This book tackles the many options available to doctors and patients in an attempt to combat this desperate disease.Part I: Surgical Interventions. Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma; D. Franco, V. Usatoff. Liver Resection in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma; V. Usatoff, A.M. Isla N.A. Habib. Hepatic Resection For Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis; C. Smadja, J. Roudi?. Liver Resection For Colorectal Metastases: Results And Prognostic Factors; V. Usatoff, P. Hansen, D. Al-Musawi, R. Havlik, C. Dore, A. Wright, N.A. Habib. Surgery in Colorectal Metastatic Cancer; J.-C. Weber, A. Arora, P. Bachellier, D. Jaeck. Repeat Hepatic Surgery For Recurrent Colorectal Metastases; G. Pansini, G. Fiorentini, C.V. Feo, A. Lioni. Surgery For Cholangiocarcinoma; D. Franco, V. Usatoff. Liver Transplantation in Malignant Disease; J.-C. Weber, D. Jaeck.Part II: Physical Ablative Therapies. Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation: Principles And Techniques; S. Nahum Goldberg. Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Hepl³!