Fig. 3.1 Triage algorithm for patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma In most cases, the clinical presentation will suggest whether the patient is at risk for primary or metastatic liver cancer….
Child-Pugh score > 10 < 800 cc of uninvolved liver Tumor < 0.5 cm from a hollow viscous Radiation tolerance parameters for uninvolved liver cannot be achieved Child-Pugh A: 500 cc of normal liver < 7 Gy, 1/3…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_10 10. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Catheter-Directed…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_9 9. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_8 8. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_7 7. Surgical Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smruti Mohanty1, 2 ,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_1 1. Introduction Leonard Berliner1, 2 and Heinz U. Lemke3, 4 …
Clinical Task Radiological findings Preprocedural assessment (a) number and size of HCC nodules; (b) number and size of nodules considered at risk for neoplastic degeneration; (c) presence and extension of…
Fig. 6.1 The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—revised 2011 [8] The current recommendations based on the BCLC Staging System include: 1. Patients who have a…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_5 5. Imaging in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: PET/CT Giuseppe Esposito1 (1)…
