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

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvii, 296 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.