Rev. ed. of: Hepatocellular cancer : diagnosis and treatment. Humana Press, c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Donna L. White, Amir Firozi and Hashem B. El-Serag -- 2. Environmental Carcinogens and Risk for Human Liver Cancer / John D. Groopman, Kimberly Brodovicz and Thomas W. Kensler -- 3. Primary Liver Cancer: Chemical Carcinogenesis / Sheeno P. Thyparambil, Ricky D. Edmondson and Yvonne P. Dragan -- 4. Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Insights to Therapy / Marie C. DeFrances -- 5. Genomic Profiling of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Anuradha Budhu, Junfang Ji and Xin Wei Wang -- 6. Pathologic Aspects of Hepatocellular Tumors / Michael A. Nalesnik, Tong Wu, Eizaburo Sasatomi and Anthony J. Demetris -- 7. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hepatitis B Virus / Hie-Won L. Hann and Mark Feitelson -- 8. Hepatitis C and Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Ryota Masuzaki, Haruhiko Yoshida, Naoya Kato and Masao Omata -- 9. Metabolic Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma / David H. Van Thiel and Giuliano Ramadori -- 10. Clinical Features and a Clinician's Diagnostic Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Gaurav Mehta and David A. Sass -- 11. Screening and Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Jorge A. Marrero -- 12. Use of Imaging Techniques to Screen for Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Michael P. Federle and Satoshi Goshima -- 13. MRI for Detection and Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Donald G. Mitchell -- 14. Ultrasound of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Important Contribution of Contrast Enhancement / Tae Kyoung Kim, Hyun-Jung Jang and Stephanie R. Wilson -- 15. Percutaneous Ethanol Injection / Tito Livraghi, Maria Franca Meloni and Anita Andreano -- 16. Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Kevin Tri Nguyen and David A. Geller -- 17. Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Ronnie Tung Ping Poon -- 18. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma / T. Clark Gamblin, Sydney D. Finkelstein and J. Wallis Marsh -- 19. Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Hiroyuki Furukawa and Satoru Todo -- 20. Medical Therapy of HCC / Brian I. Carr and Srikanth Nagalla -- 21. Percutaneous Interventional Technique for Intra-arterial Chemoembolization / Nikhil B. Amesur and Albert B. Zajko -- 22. Molecular Targeted Therapies for HCC / Brian I. Carr and Susan Kralian -- 23. Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Andrew S. Kennedy -- 24. Psychosocial Issues in Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Jennifer L. Steel, Andrea DiMartini and Mary Amanda Dew -- 25. Putting It All Together / Brian I. Carr, J. Wallis Marsh and David A. Geller.