In Memoriam-October 2013

In Memoriam: James Harlan Steele (1913–2013)

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 3, March 2014 J Steele, DVM, MPH, passed away on November 10, 2013, in Houston; he was 100 years old. Jim Steele was an extraordinary man. All of the dimensions of his life were on a grand scale. He was larger than life in so many ways; his vision, his leadership, his accomplishments in public health, his worldwide friendships, his m...

In memoriam: Alexander I. Klimov (1943-2013).

In Memoriam: Robert Emmons Kissling (1923–2013)

R Kissling, a pillar of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) infectious diseases programs through an era of great programmatic and institutional growth (1947– 1973), died November 13, 2013 at his home in North Carolina. Through his years at CDC, Bob led investigations of great diversity and impact, always with the same sense of openness, integrity, composure, and respect for everyone involved. T...

In memoriam - Bernard Becker (1920-2013).

Saturday , October 12 , 2013

Intro: LIVER RESECTION AND transplantation are the only curative treatment options currently available for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).However, longtermsurvival is still poor as a result of a high rate of recurrence among other drawbacks, such as lack of reliable prognostic factors, phenotypic diversity of the disease, and the lack of effective systemic treatment.Among many outcome predictio...