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"Primary Liver Cancer: Challenges and Perspectives" presents the recent progress in basic and clinical research in Primary Liver Cancer (PLC) in China and around the world. PLC patients in China make up more than 50% of the total patients worldwide. By contributing to the book, the leading experts in the field of liver cancer in China as well as in the US share with readers their new concepts, practices, and experiences from bench to bed, from population study to individual survey, from molecular search to clinical practice, and from early diagnosis to treatment. The book is intended for researchers in the fields of epidemiology, molecular genetics, cell biology, immunology of HCC and other cancers, and clinical oncology in primary liver cancer. Jianren Gu is a Professor of molecular oncology at the Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular -- diagnosis. --- Liver -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. --- Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment. --- Liver -- Cancer. --- Medicine. --- Cancer research. --- Immunology. --- Oncology. --- Epidemiology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Cancer Research. --- Oncology  . --- Tumors --- Diseases --- Public health --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Cancer research

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Primary Liver Cancer: Surveillance, Diagnosis and Treatment focuses on the many therapies rapidly evolving to assist with controlling hepatocellular carcinoma as well as emerging technologies to assist in early diagnosis as well as prevention. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date information for diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, epidemiology, staging, recurrence and prevention. This volume will serve as a useful resource for clinical gastroenterologists, hepatologists, oncologists, pathologists, and physicians who treat patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Liver -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. --- Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment. --- Liver -- Cancer. --- Liver --- Liver Neoplasms --- Adenocarcinoma --- Digestive System Neoplasms --- Carcinoma --- Liver Diseases --- Neoplasms by Site --- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial --- Digestive System Diseases --- Diseases --- Neoplasms by Histologic Type --- Neoplasms --- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Gastroenterology --- Oncology --- Cancer --- Diagnosis --- Treatment --- Oncology. --- Cancer. --- Hepatocellular carcinoma --- Medicine. --- Gastroenterology. --- Hepatology. --- Pathology. --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Tumors --- Clinical medicine. --- Oncology  . --- Emergency medicine. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Medicine, Preventive --- Medicine, Clinical --- Internal medicine --- Digestive organs --- Gastroenterology . --- Primary medical care --- Medical care

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This book provides an in-depth account of all aspects of radioembolization, a relatively novel technique based on the efficacy of radiotherapy for the treatment of liver tumors. In the past, the therapeutic radiation dose needed to treat a tumoral area has been sufficiently high to produce permanent damage to the nontumoral liver parenchyma. Radioembolization attempts to overcome this problem by combining embolization (intravascular deployment of particles) and brachytherapy (local administration of radiotherapy with the aid of a device, namely the particles themselves). The technique is based on improvements in percutaneous endovascular procedures which have allowed the deployment of small (25-35 µm) microspheres loaded with yttrium-90 that deliver high doses of beta-radiation specifically to the tumoral area. Performance of the procedure demands close familiarity with the hepatic vascular anatomy in order to ensure avoidance of vessels going to other territories. Furthermore, detailed knowledge of liver function, tumor volume, and liver vascular shunting is needed in order to calculate the appropriate therapeutic dose in each particular case. All of these topics are addressed in depth in this book, and initial clinical results are presented, showing that constant local control can be achieved with a reasonably low rate of complications. These promising results may lead to a progressive change in the therapeutic indication for radioembolization, and in some cases it could even become the therapy of choice.

Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Interventional Radiology. --- Nuclear Medicine. --- Hepatology. --- Oncology. --- Radiotherapy. --- Medicine. --- Medical radiology --- Interventional radiology. --- Nuclear medicine. --- Clinical medicine. --- Médecine --- Radiologie médicale --- Radiologie interventionnelle --- Médecine nucléaire --- Radiothérapie --- Médecine clinique --- Cancérologie --- Brachytherapy -- Methods. --- Embolization, Therapeutic -- Methods. --- Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment. --- Liver Neoplasms -- Radiotherapy. --- Radioisotope brachytherapy. --- Therapeutic embolization. --- Brachytherapy --- Liver Neoplasms --- Embolization, Therapeutic --- Digestive System Neoplasms --- Radiotherapy --- Hemostatic Techniques --- Liver Diseases --- Digestive System Diseases --- Neoplasms by Site --- Therapeutics --- Diseases --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Neoplasms --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Oncology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Liver --- Cancer --- Treatment. --- Embolotherapy --- Afterloading radiotherapy --- Brachyisotope therapy --- Brachytherapy, Radioisotope --- Implant radiotherapy --- Interstitial radiotherapy --- Radiology. --- Hemostasis, Surgical --- Interventional radiology --- Implants, Artificial --- Radioisotopes --- Therapeutic use --- Radiology, Medical. --- Oncology  . --- Radiation therapy --- Electrotherapeutics --- Hospitals --- Medical electronics --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Phototherapy --- Tumors --- Medicine, Clinical --- Atomic medicine --- Radioisotopes in medicine --- Radioactive tracers --- Radioactivity --- Radiology, Interventional --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Radiological services --- Physiological effect --- Interventional radiology . --- Gastroenterology --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation