tailieunhanh - HEPATOCELLULAR CANCER

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be regarded as a rare disease. The increasing numbers of chronic hepatitis C virus carriers in the United States and subsequent increased incidence of HCC seen in most large medical centers means that it is no longer an uncommon disease for most gastroenterologists or oncologists to encounter. During the times when liver resection or systemic chemotherapy were the only real therapeutic modalities available, the outcomes were generally dismal, especially because most patients presented with advanced-stage tumors. Several recent factors seem to have changed this | Hepatocellular Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Edited by Brian I. Carr MD FRCP PhD Humana Press on CD-ROM Hepatocellular Cancer Current Clinical Oncology Maurie Markman MD Series Editor Hepatocellular Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment edited by Brian I. Carr 2005 Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer edited by David J. Adelstein 2005 Biology and Management of Multiple Myeloma edited by James R. Berenson 2004 Cancer Immunotherapy at the Crossroads How Tumors Evade Immunity and What Can Be Done edited by James H. Finke and Ronald M. Bukowski 2004 Treatment of Acute Leukemias New Directions for Clinical Research edited by Ching-Hon Pui 2003 Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Clinical Research and Practice edited by Mary J. Laughlin and Hillard M. Lazarun 2003 Chronic Leukemias and Lymphomas Biology Pathophysiology and Clinical Management edited by Gary J. Schiller 2003 Colorectal Cancer Multimodality Management edited by Leonard Saltz 2002 Breast Cancer A Guide to Detection and Multidisciplinary Therapy edited by Michael H. Torosian 2002 Melanoma Biologically Targeted Therapeutics edited by Ernest c. Borden 2002 Cancer of the Lung From Molecular Biology to Treatment Guidelines edited by Alan B. Weitberg 2001 Renal Cell Carcinoma Molecular Biology Immunology and Clinical Management edited by Ronald M. Bukowski and Andrew Novick 2000 Current Controversies in Bone Marrow Transplantation edited by Brian J. Bolwell 2000 Regional Chemotherapy Clinical Research and Practice edtied by Maurie Markman 2000 Intraoperative Irradiation Techniques and Results edited by L. L. Gunderson c. G. Willett L. B. Harrison and F. a. Calvo .