Modern diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer

Author: Rui Jing'an
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer. The content is systematic and comprehensive, reflecting the highest level of liver cancer diagnosis and treatment in China at present. It possesses high authority and significant clinical guidance value, making it a valuable reference book for clinical physicians, medical students, graduate students, and researchers in related fields. This is a specialized book on liver cancer. It not only provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental theories of liver cancer diagnosis and treatment, such as the anatomy, molecular and cellular biology, epidemiology, etiology, and modern theories and knowledge of pathology related to primary liver cancer, but also emphasizes the basic knowledge and recent advancements in clinical diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. It offers in-depth discussions on liver function testing and evaluation, imaging, comprehensive treatments primarily focused on surgical resection, as well as local therapies (such as microwave, cryotherapy, radiofrequency, electrochemical, ultrasound focusing, and absolute alcohol injection). Detailed explanations are provided for various types of liver resections, interventional treatments, liver transplantation, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine therapy, chemotherapeutic drugs, traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine treatments, as well as the recurrence and metastasis of liver cancer. The book also reviews and discusses the selection and decision-making of standardized comprehensive treatment methods for liver cancer. The content is systematic, comprehensive, reflecting the highest level of liver cancer diagnosis and treatment in China at present, possessing high authority and significant clinical guidance value, making it a valuable reference book for clinical physicians, medical students, graduate students, and researchers in related fields.