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Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Articles
Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Find out if you should be screened!
by
rickisjourney
Posted
Mon 24 May 2010 12:00am
years. The reason for this increase could be the increase in the number of Americans with viral hepatitis, which is known to cause hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common kind... this webcast to learn more about the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. http://www.orlive.com/nyp/videos/hepatocellular-carcinoma1
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Medical Imaging Replaces Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
by
Bruce Friedman
Posted
Wed 24 Nov 2010 12:00am
. This will place them increasingly in competition with pathologists. A recent report about the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma reinforced this idea in my mind and also presented other interesting facts (see: Imaging Instead of Biopsy for Most Suspected Hepatocellular Carcinomas ). Below is an excerpt from the it:
Although cross-sectional imaging is recommended
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Hepatocellular carcinoma and Folfox
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Thu 16 Dec 2010 6:04am
A randomized study of Folfox was presented in the 2010 ASCO meeting. When compared with doxorubicin after 266 events, the FOLFOX4 regimen significantly improved median progression-free survival from 1.77 to 2.93 months (P = .0002) in the EACH trial. Overall survival also improved from 4.97 to 6.40 months, although the difference failed to re ...
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CDC reports increase in hepatocellular carcinoma
by
Mark Pool, MD
Posted
Mon 10 May 2010 1:18pm
The CDC reported last week in the May 7, 2010 MMR a significant increase in the incidence of cases of HCC in the U.S. over the study period from 2001-2006.
To determine trends in HCC incidence in the United States, CDC analyzed
data for the period 2001--2006 (the most recent data available) from
CDC's National Program of Cancer Regis ...
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Cryosurgical ablation of hepatocullular carcinoma
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 7:01pm
be performed as an open surgical technique or as a closed procedure under laparoscopic or ultrasound guidance. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN, 2007) hepatocellular carcinoma... hepatocellular carcinoma, for patients with nonmetastatic hepatocellular carcinoma who do not agree to surgery, and to treat hepatocellular carcinoma which is local but inoperable (e.g
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Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP)
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Dr.Prashant Jani
Posted
Fri 22 May 2009 10:40pm
It is often important to determine the site of origin of a metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site, particularly because this may affect the choice of the treatment... carcinoma (especially with a midline tumor), elevated Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) and alpha fetoprotein(AFP) levels suggest the possibility of an extragonadal germ cell
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Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP)
by
Dr.Prashant Jani
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm
It is often important to determine the site of origin of a metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site, particularly because this may affect the choice of the treatment... carcinoma (especially with a midline tumor), elevated Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) and alpha fetoprotein(AFP) levels suggest the possibility of an extragonadal germ cell
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