Hepatocellular Carcinoma Book

Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
List of Contributors     xv
Epidemiology   Trishe Y.-M. Leong   Anthony S.-Y. Leong     1
Liver Terminology and Anatomy   Steven M. Strasberg     25
Assessment of Liver Function   Darren V. Mann     51
Prevention   Michael C. Kew     85
Screening   Morris Sherman     129
Presentation and Diagnosis   Dario Ribero   Gareth Morris-Stiff   Jean-Nicolas Vauthey     143
Tumor Markers   John Y. H. Chan   Zhi Wang     159
Imaging   Simon S. M. Ho   Simon C. H. Yu     183
Pathology   Anthony S.-Y. Leong   Trishe Y.-M. Leong   Pongsak Wannakrairot     215
Molecular Aspects   John Y. H. Chan   Kenneth K. H. Lee   Yiu-Loon Chui   Macus T. Kuo     243
Staging   Justin M. Burns   Frederick L. Greene     279
Selection of Patients for Liver Resection   Eric C. H. Lai   W. Y. Lau   Darren V. Mann     303
Problems Associated with Liver Resection in Cirrhotic Patients   Cheng-Chung Wu     317
Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization   Takuya Hashimoto   Masatoshi Makuuchi     337
Intraoperative Ultrasound   Guido Torzilli   Henri Bismuth     359
Surgical Treatment   Jacques Belghiti     387
Anterior Approach Using the Hanging Technique   Jacques Belghiti   Barbara Alkofer     409
Segment-based Liver Resection   W. Y. Lau   Eric C. H. Lai     419
Intrahepatic Glissonian Approach   Bernard Launois   Khoon Hean Tay     429
Ultrasonically Guided Segmentectomy and Subsegmentectomy   Taku Aoki   Norihiro Kokudo   Masatoshi Makuuchi     447
Isolated Caudate Lobe Resection (Resection of Couinaud Segment 1)   Shu-You Peng     465
Laparoscopic Liver Resection   Rong Liu     491
Techniques of Vascular Control and Protective Strategies for Parenchymal Transection   Markus K. Muller   Henrik Petrowsky   Pierre-Alain Clavien     507
Techniques of Liver Transection   Eric T. Castaldo   C. Wright Pinson     529
Radiofrequency-Assisted Liver Resection   Long R. Jiao   Nagy A. Habib      551
Cytoreductive (Tumor-Debulking) Surgery   Eric C. H. Lai   W. Y. Lau     569
Cryosurgery   George Petrou   David L. Morris     583
Liver Transplantation   Chao-Long Chen   Allan M. Concejero     613
Local Ablative Therapy   Tito Livraghi     645
Regional Therapy   W. Y. Lau   Eric C. H. Lai     661
Systemic Chemotherapy   Thomas W. T. Leung     695
Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant/Chemoprevention Therapy and Tumor Downstaging   W. Y. Lau   Eric C. H. Lai     709
Management of Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus   W. Y. Lau   Eric C. H. Lai   Simon C. H. Yu     739
Palliative Care   Winnie Yeo   Anthony T. C. Chan     761
Management of Specific Complications   Eric C. H. Lai   W. Y. Lau     773
Management of Acute Liver Failure   A. R. Nitin Rao     793
Extracorporeal Energy Therapy   Eric C. H. Lai   W. Y. Lau     813
Author Index     827
Subject Index     829