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Elsevier Hepatocellular Carcinoma Moving into the 21st Century An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease 1st Edition by Frenette, Catherine
In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Guest Editor Dr. Catherine Frenette has assembled expert authors to provide current updates on Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). This issue asks important questions and provides answers and current thoughts on the staging and treatment of HCC. Clinical review articles are specifically dedicated to the following topics: The Changing Global Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Prevention Strategies for HCC; Biomarkers or Biopsy for Diagnosis of HCC; Screening and Surveillance Strategies to Improve the Chance of Success; Imaging Diagnosis of HCC; Surgical Resection: Old dog--Any new tricks; Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Transplant: How Will Organ Allocation Changes Affect the HCC Patient Within Transplant Criteria; Downstaging to Liver Transplant: Success Involves Choosing the Right Patient; Locoregional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: What has Changed in the Past Ten Years; External Beam Radiotherapy: Is There a Place for This in HCC Treatment; Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Immuno-oncology for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Present and the Future; Management of Side Effects of Systemic Therapies for HCC: Guide for the Hepatologist; and Why a Multi-disciplinary Tumor Board is Critical for Success with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve patient outcomes in the patient with HCC. 1 Diagnosis: the art of being a doctor 2 Human genetics3 Immunity4 Evidence-based practice5 Ethical practice6 Malignant disease7 Palliative care and symptom control 8 Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection 9 Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance10 Critical care medicine11 Surgery12 Prescribing, therapeutics and toxicology 13 Global Health14 Public health15 Geriatric medicine, frailty and multimorbidity 16 Haematology17 Haematological Oncology18 Rheumatology 19 Bone disease20 Infectious diseases and tropical medicine21 Endocrinology22 Dermatology23 Diabetes mellitus24 Lipid and inherited metabolic disorders25 Liaison psychiatry26 Neurology27 Ear, nose and throat, and eye disease28 Respiratory disease29 Venous thromboembolic disease30 Cardiology31 Hypertension32 Gastroenterology33 Nutrition34 Liver disease35 Biliary tract and pancreatic disease36 Kidney and urinary tract disease37 Sexually transmitted infections and HIV38 Obstetric medicine39 Women's health40 Men's health41 Environmental medicine