Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Volume 24-1

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Description:

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, edited by Dr. Lawrence Wagman, is devoted to Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver. Articles in this issue include: Epidemiology of Hepatomas; Risk Modeling: disease prevalence, outcome from treatment; Imaging; Resection techniques; Ablation techniques; Complications of interventions; Trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE); Continuous hepatic artery infusion (CHAI); Selective interstitial radiation therapy (SIRT) and External beam radiation therapy (EBRT); Systemic chemotherapy of HCC and Cholangiocarcinoma; and Systemic chemotherapy and CRC metastases.

 Table of Contents:

·  Contributors

·  Consulting Editor

·  Editor

·  Authors

·  Forthcoming Issues

·  Forthcoming Issues

·  Recent Issues

·  Foreword: Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver

·  Preface: Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver

·  Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Incidence

·  Risk factors

·  Patient factors

·  Economic/public health aspect

·  Summary

·  Imaging Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Liver imaging modalities

·  Imaging liver lesions

·  Summary

·  Prognostication Systems as Applied to Primary and Metastatic Hepatic Malignancies

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Primary hepatic malignancies

·  Hepatic colorectal adenocarcinoma metastases

·  Summary

·  Modern Technical Approaches in Resectional Hepatic Surgery

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Indications for liver resection

·  Preoperative functional evaluation

·  Anatomy and terminology of liver resection

·  Technical considerations and outcomes after liver surgery

·  Positioning and setup

·  Incisions and retraction

·  Intraoperative ultrasonography

·  Hepatic mobilization

·  Approach to inflow control

·  Approach to outflow control

·  Techniques of parenchymal transection

·  Specific procedures

·  Complications Following Hepatectomy

·  Key points

·  Post-hepatectomy hemorrhage

·  Post-hepatectomy venous thrombosis/thromboembolism

·  Post-hepatectomy portal vein and hepatic artery thrombosis

·  Bile leak

·  Post-hepatectomy liver failure

·  Summary

·  Ablative Technologies for Hepatocellular, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer of the Liver

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Ablation technologies

·  Patient selection

·  Ablation approaches

·  Perioperative process

·  Outcomes

·  Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy for Liver Malignancy

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Technical aspects

·  Management of variant hepatic arterial anatomy

·  Postoperative management and treatment surveillance

·  Complications

·  Clinical outcomes with hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy

·  Unresectable colorectal cancer metastases

·  Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy and primary liver tumors

·  Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy and noncolorectal liver metastases

·  Summary

·  Transarterial Chemoembolization for Primary Liver Malignancies and Colorectal Liver Metastasis

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Principles of transarterial chemoembolization

·  Hepatocellular carcinoma

·  Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

·  Metastatic colorectal carcinoma to the liver

·  Summary

·  Y90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Outcomes

·  Complications

·  Summary

·  Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma

·  Key points

·  Scope of the problem

·  Hepatocellular carcinoma

·  Sorafenib

·  Challenges with treatment

·  Failure of clinical trials

·  Liver-directed therapy and sorafenib

·  Cholangiocarcinoma

·  Summary

·  Integrating Systemic and Surgical Approaches to Treating Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

·  Key points

·  Introduction

·  Systemic regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer

·  Maintenance regimens

·  Potentially curable advanced colorectal cancer

·  Role for resection of primary tumor

·  Summary and future directions