of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Macroscopic aspects of Hepatocellular carcinoma: a Nodular pattern of HCC developed in a cirrhotic liver. b Infiltrative pattern of HCC developed in a cirrhotic liver. c Early HCC (progressed…
ONCOLOGY
Agents and Systemic Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Cell signalling pathways implicated in hepatocarcinogenesis Overexpression of HGF and c-MET occurs in 33 and 20–48 % of human HCC tumors, respectively [41–45] and appears to be associated with earlier…
Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1 a Segment VII hepatocellular carcinoma during arterial phase of computed tomography showing a hypervascular tumour before TACE. b Computed tomography image 2 years after TACE. Compact uptake of lipiodol in…
Variant of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Histologic features of fibrolamellar carcinoma. Hematoxylin-eosin stained photomicrograph demonstrates large hepatocellular tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and prominent nucleoli embedded in a lamellar, fibrous stroma 3 Presentation and Laboratory…
Resection for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: The Eastern Experience
Fig. 1 Algorithm for the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (cited from the Group formed to establish the Guidelines for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice for the Treatment of Liver Cancer [89], with…
Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Annual overall number of living donor liver transplants in the United States 3 Comparison of the Results Between LDLT and DDLT The use of adult LDLT eliminates the prolonged…
of C Cells and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Normal thyroid gland with immunohistochemically demonstrated C cells. The predominantly disperse distributed C cells are located intrafollicular (calcitonin immunohistochemistry, ×200) Some decades later, electron microscopic studies supported the observation…
Thyroid Carcinoma: Imaging
Fig. 1 Longitudinal US section of the left thyroid lobe, showing a sharply but irregularly delineated, hypoechogenic medullary thyroid carcinoma (arrows) with internal microcalcifications (open arrow) Fig. 2 Transverse (a) and longitudinal…
C-Cell Biology and Oncogenic Transformation
Fig. 1 RET receptor activation. Shown is a schematic figure outlining the basic structural organization of the transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase RET and the pathway to its activation. One of the…
of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Fig. 1 Role of ATF4 in regulation of apoptosis. Activation of RET by ligand activation or mutation results in its translocation to the nucleus, where it reduces transcription and promotes ubiquitination…
