Liver Cancer

LINKS

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center : Liver Cancer 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Liver Cancer

National Cancer Institute: Liver cancer

PRESS RELEASES

"Researchers Discover New Biomarker for Predicting Liver Cancer Spread and Survival" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services - www.nih.gov 

"FDA Approves Nexavar for Patients with Inoperable Liver Cancer" - U.S. Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.org 

"New Compound May Protect Against Liver Cancer" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services 

"Chemotherapy Pumped Directly to the Liver Improves Survival for Patients with Colorectal Cancer That Has Spread to the Liver" - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

CLINICAL GUIDELINES

"Ex-vivo hepatic resection and reimplantation for liver cancer: guidance" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK - www.nice.org.uk

LITERATURE SELECTION

Turati F et al.: "Family history of liver cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma", Hepatology. 2012 May;55(5):1416-25

Nishikawa H et al.: "Comparison of percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation and surgical resection for small hepatocellular carcinoma", BMC Gastroenterol. 2011 Dec 28;11(1):143. [Epub ahead of print]

Trinchet JC et al.: "Ultrasonographic surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: A randomized trial comparing 3- and 6-month periodicities", Hepatology. 2011 Dec;54(6):1987-1997

Kim DY et al.: "Adjuvant Hepatic Arterial Infusional Chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin after Curative Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma", Oncology. 2011 Nov 8;81(3-4):184-191. [Epub ahead of print]

Kwon JH et al.: "Long-term effect of stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary hepatocellular carcinoma ineligible for local ablation therapy or surgical resection", BMC Cancer. 2010 Sep 3;10(1):475. [Epub ahead of print]

Kuo YH et al.: "Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance and appropriate treatment options improve survival for patients with liver cirrhosis", Eur J Cancer  2010 Mar:46(4):744-51

Vincenzi B et al.: "Early skin toxicity as a predictive factor for tumor control in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with sorafenib", Oncologist  2010;15(1):85-92

Ruers TJ et al.: "Improved Selection of Patients for Hepatic Surgery of Colorectal Liver Metastases with 18F-FDG PET: A Randomized Study",  J Nucl Med  2009 Jun 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Cho YK et al.: "Systematic review of randomized trials for hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous ablation therapies", Hepatology  2009 Feb;49(2):453-9

Silva MA et al.: “Needle track seeding following biopsy of liver lesions in the diagnosis of hepatocellular cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis", Gut. 2008 Nov;57(11):1592-6

Aberg F et al.: "Risk of malignant neoplasms after liver transplantation: a population-based study", Liver Transpl. 2008 Oct;14(10):1428-36

NEWS  

Colchicine and hepatocellular carcinoima

Colchicine and hepatocellular carcinoma -  Cancer 

Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation and hepatocellular carcinoma

Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation and hepatocellular carcinoma - Gut 

Soy and hepatocellular carcinoma

Soy and hepatocellular carcinoma - International Journal of Cancer.

EDITORIALS

·         Importance of cancer surveillance after liver transplantation - Fredrik Aberg

·         Efficacy of octreotide in patients with advanced multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma - Hubert Blum

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