Biliary tract and gallbladder cancer : diagnosis and therapy / edited by Charles R. Thomas, Jr., Clifton David Fuller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Charles R., Jr., 1957-

Fuller, Clifton David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biliary tract--Cancer.

Biliary tract.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Cancer: Diagnosis and Therapy is a comprehensive and definitive discussion of all aspects of the treatment of malignant tumors of the gallbladder and biliary tract. This is the first book to examine these cancers in such depth, as rapid advances in surgical oncology and radiotherapeutic approaches have demanded the full coverage this text provides.The book progresses logically, with early chapters presenting the epidemiologic, pathologic, and pathogenetic characteristics of BT and GB lesions, followed by excellent discussions of clinical and radiologic diagnosis

Contents:

Epidemiology of gallbladder and biliary tract neoplasms / Clifton David Fuller and Andrew K. Diehl

Role of growth factor signaling pathways / Kaoru Kiguchi and John DiGiovanni

Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of gallbladder cancer / Ivan Roa Esterio, Xabier de Aretxabala, and Ignacio I. Wistuba

Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of biliary tract cancer / Shahid A. Khan ... [et al.]

Novel biomarkers for biliary tract cancer / Ross C. Smith

Pathological staging of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer / Chen Liu and James M. Crawford

Overview of current diagnostic imaging strategies / Helja Oikarinen

Imaging of hepatic transplantation for biliary tract cancer / Sridhar Shankar, Sathish Kumar Dundmadappa, and Shimul Shah

Magnetic resonance imaging / Alessandro Guarise and Giovanni Morana

Functional imaging / Antonio Rodriguez-Fernandez, Manuel Gomez-Rio, and Jose Manuel Llamas-Elvira

Computed tomography / Leonardo Marcal, Chitra Viswanathan, and Janio Szklaruk

Radiofrequency ablation / Ronald S. Arellano

Chemoembolization / Kenneth J. Kolbeck and John Kaufman

Surgical management of intrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Richard R. Smith and John F. Gibbs

Surgical management of extrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Swee H. Teh and Susan L. Orloff

Surgical management of gallbladder cancer / Rebecca J. McClaine, Syed A. Ahmad, and Andrew M. Lowy

Systemic therapy for biliary tract cancer / Bassel F. El-Rayes and Philip A. Philip

Radiation therapy / Brian G. Czito and Clifton David Fuller

3D-conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy / Joshua D. Lawson and Jerome C. Landry

Brachytherapy / Subir Nag, Kevin Forsythe, and Andrew Kennedy

Image-guided radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy / Laura A. Dawson and Martin Fuss

Symptom management and palliation / Eduardo da Silveira, Douglas O. Faigel, and M. Brian Fennerty

Future directions / Clifton David Fuller and Charles R. Thomas, Jr.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-18946-8

1-935281-23-2

OCLC:

432051391