INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Palliative care is an approach to care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Background The treatment of cancer patients has become complex as a result of the introduction of new therapies and insights into how to use these therapies….
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease that develops when alterations in multiple genes result in dysregulation of a select number of cellular pathways and processes. In…
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Gallbladder cancer is an aggressive malignancy with a generally poor prognosis. Described for the first time in two autopsy cases by Stoll and his colleagues…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Cholangiocarcinoma is a diverse group of rare but highly fatal malignancies arising from the biliary tract epithelium. According to their anatomical origin in the biliary tract,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) represent a spectrum of histologies which share the ability to secrete hormonal or vasoactive peptides.1 The most common NETs are carcinoid and pancreatic…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) is the second most frequent primary malignant tumor of the liver after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). IHCCs are considered as primary intrahepatic liver tumors….
IMAGING MODALITIES: BASIC PRINCIPLES Print Section Listen Ultrasonography Ultrasonography, or ultrasound (US), utilizes high-frequency sound waves to noninvasively interrogate structures within a body. The production of ultrasonographic images is based…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen In practice, patients with benign liver tumors typically present in three broad clinical scenarios: (1) a liver tumor incidentally discovered in an asymptomatic patient, (2) a…
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer globally and accounts for the third most cancer deaths worldwide (Fig. 127-1). Although geographic variability exists in…
