Liver Anatomy and Function
Fig. 1.1 Schematic picture of the segments of the liver. The liver can be divided into eight segments based on first and second order divisions of the hepatic artery, portal vein,…
Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data
Fig. 15.1 Cholangiocarcinoma classification: a Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: tumors in the bile ducts within the hepatic parenchyma b Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: tumors from the junction of the left and right hepatic ducts to…
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data
Fig. 13.1 Geographic variation in liver cancer incidence (age-standardized). [Reproduced with permission from Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Ervik M, Dikshit R, Eser S, Mathers C, Rebelo M, Parkin DM, Forman D,…
Radiation Therapy for Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Clinical Data
Author, year of publication Study design # of IHC pts Tumor size (cm3) Mode of RT delivery Total dose (Gy) # Fx One-year LC One-year OS Toxicity Liu et al….
Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases: Clinical Data
Author; year Design Pts with liver metastases Frx × dose m-FU mts Local control 2-years (%) Survival 1-, 2-years (%) Severe morbidity Schefter 2005 [19] Phase I 18 3 × 12–20 Gy NR NR NR…
Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Data
Authors Patients Tumor diameter/volume (tumor number) Dose/fraction size Objective response rate (%) Overall survival Toxicity ≥G3 (%) Ben-Josef et al. [11] 128 /Liver Malignancies – Median 60.75 Gy /1.5 Gy BID (40–90 Gy)…
Multidisciplinary Model for Liver Tumors
Time Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5 Patient 6 7:30–11:30 CT: 07:30 Check-In 08:00 Scan CT: 07:50 Check-In 08:20 Scan Lab: 07:30 Lab: 08:00 Lab: 08:15…
Liver Metastases: Basic Principles of Treatment and Clinical Data
Authors (year published) Number Mortality (%) Morbidity (%) 5-year disease-free survival (%) 5-year overall survival (%) Nordlinger et al. (1996) [14] 1568 2 23 15 28 Fong et al. (1999)…
Sustainability and Spread
Source and domain/setting Definition Characterized as benefits persistence/continuation development Merriam-Webster [20] (English dictionary) • “able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed” • “able to last or…
Quality and Safety in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients
Fig. 17.1 Quality and safety metrics in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Adopted from Rice and Bailey [31] Donor Safety As unrelated hematopoietic cell (HC) donation is only reserved for individuals…
